Marty Whitman, the octogenarian dean of deep-value investing, sees great bargains to be snapped up from the current stock market meltdown. "It's a great time," enthused the 83-year-old founder of New York-based Third Avenue Management LLC before speaking yesterday at a conference organized by AIC Ltd.

Charles Maxwell, Senior Energy Analyst, Weeden & Co. correctly predicted the recent oil price spike and he sees an eventual move to around $300 a barrel. He shares his comments on what this might mean.

"Suncor is an Oil Sands pioneer. The company traces its history back to 1967, a time when the Oil Sands were called the Athabasca Tar Sands and extracting crude from the land on a massive scale was an uneconomic pipe dream."

Brian Hunt finds contrasting fortunes at America’s borders. Oil production in Mexico is tumbling, setting off alarm bells over economic growth and government revenues. At the same time, Canada ramps up output of the black stuff at the world’s largest safe deposit. Brian says the world will need to invest billions in new oil exploration in the coming years.

This week's Barron's discusses the comeback of tech, China funds, Canadian National Resources, Tellabs, Dell as a value play, DaimlerChrysler, and developments in the telecom sector.