Beat the Street: Bull and Bear Neck and Neck

As we enter the final day of trading in Week 1 of TheStreet.com's Beat the Street stock contest looks like it will come down to the wire, with less than $500 separating the two leaders and $5000 separating no. 1 from no. 5.

The leader coming into today's trading, which will key on GE's disappointing earnings report, is Wave03, who has an all-long portfolio valued at $284,964. The five picks are FCStone(FCSX), Chattem(CHTT), Intervoice(INTV), Apogee(APOG) and Layne Christensen(LAYN).

Sparky1 stands in second place, with five shorts that show a value of $284,537. The five shorts are Fannie Mae(FNM), Freddie Mac(FRE), Lennar(LEN), MBIA(MBI) and Hovnanian(HOV).

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Contestants can follow today's action at Beat the Street, as well as in the Stockpickr forums.

The winner of this week's $5000 prize will be eligible for the next 12 weeks too, and new players can sign up for next week after Friday's close.

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