Beat the Street: Long Airlines the Ticket
The leaders in the fourth week of the TheStreet.com'sBeat the Street contest rode long-airline positions to the top of the leaderboard.
HappyAss and StreetTrader boasted an all-long portfolio that included
Northwest
(NWA)
,
Continental
(CAL) - Get Report
,
United
(UAUA)
,
US Airways
(LCC)
and
AMR
(AMR)
to each lift their portfolio values to $293,360.
Next up were Bklnman and Chunrong16 with portfolio totals of $289,125. The only difference in their portfolios from the leaders' is that they held Continental instead of AMR. The Amex Airline index was up 5.5% Tuesday.
Next on the leaderboard was Vivicat, who had three airlines but also held
Ambac
(ABK)
and
MBIA
(MBI) - Get Report
for a portfolio total of $288.018.
Under the rules of the weekly contest, players were able to swap out one stock between Tuesday evening and Wednesday's market open.
Players looking to find the one stock that can catch them up to the leaders should consider the following articles for new ideas:
TheStreet.com Power Stock Rankings.
Tuesday's Tech Winners & Losers.
Short-Squeeze Stocks of the Week.
On Wednesday, after the market open, registered players will be able to go to the Beat the Street
and see what stocks the other players have chosen, and all players should keep abreast of the game in the
.
The next Beat the Street game will be held next week, so if you aren't in this week, you're only a few days away from your next chance to play.
This article was written by a staff member of TheStreet.com.