Beat the Street: A. Swords Wins $5,000

Note: All winning portfolios and players are subject to verification.

Solar stocks shined bright this week, launching A. Swords to victory in Week 6 of TheStreet.com's Beat the Street contest. The whole solar group ramped higher this week on the strength of stubbornly persistent high energy prices.

A. Swords, under the player name "Golfscout8," finished the week with a portfolio value of $333,195.23, and a whopping 33.3% weekly gain.

Over the past few weeks, diversification has proved the difference to taking home the $5,000 cash prize, but not so this week. The whole leader board was locked and loaded with explosive exposure to the solar sector.

Golfscout8 was able to outmaneuver and pick better solar stocks than all of the other players who used the same trading strategy of long-only solar stocks. Remember, there are a lot of solar stocks to choose from. It is not quite as easy as closing your eyes, buying solar stocks, and picking up your check for $5,000.

The winning portfolio boasted long positions in Trina Solar (TSL - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Solarfun (SOLF - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Sunpower (SPWR - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Canadian Solar (CSIQ - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) and China Sunergy (CSUN - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr). Other solar stocks in the group that also performed well included JA Solar (JASO - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Yingli Green Energy (YGE - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), LDK Solar (LDK - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) and Suntech Power (STP - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr).

Congrats to A. Swords on great timing and even better stock-picking!

As you get ready for Week 7 of the game, be sure to review the following articles, which should give you a leg up on the competition.

Mark Manning's Technical Outlook offers a stock chartist's view of the coming week.

James Altucher's weekly Rocket Stocks column and portfolio features stocks that have the potential to move fast to the upside. Keep an eye on these.

Also, be sure to review the latest Mad Money Recaps and Jim Cramer's portfolios of the week.

Need some guidance on how to Beat the Street? James Altucher shared his insights on How to Win Beat the Street, which all competitors should review.

And if you're bearish on the market, check out How to Beat the Street: Short-Selling.

If you didn't play in the first six weeks, one of the features of this contest is that each Tuesday you can make one change to your five stocks. Keep an eye out for my weekly Power Stocks Rankings article for ideas on what you should swap in.

And get some ideas on the Beat The Street forum: ask questions, post ideas and share thoughts on stocks with the rest of the community.