Beat the Street: Still Flying With Airlines
HappyAss extended his lead in The Street.com'sBeat the Street contest on Wednesday.
His portfolio remains all long airlines and now stands at $297,552. In fact, HappyAss added another airline,
Continental
(CAL) - Get Report
, to his portfolio for Wednesday's change.
In second place is HenryH at $295,975. HenryH is also heavy on airlines but holds
China Finance Online
(JRJC) - Get Report
and is short
Giant Interactive
(GA)
. That is one of only two shorts among the portfolios of the top five players.
In third place was KMR33KMR, with $293,647. In fourth was Bklnman with $293,439, and StreetTrader rounded out the top five with $292,802.
Registered players can 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 missed this week, you're only a few days away from your next chance to play. As we near the final trading day for Week 4 of Beat the Street, we wanted to share some of the game's trends.
This week saw 5,568 contestants, and they were a decidedly bullish group in making their total 29,642 stock picks, as 23,444 buys were made, vs. 6,198 short sales.
So what were the most popular stocks?
Visa
(V) - Get Report
, which just reported its first quarter as a public company, was the most popular stock among players.
Next up were
Potash
(POT)
,
First Solar
(FSLR) - Get Report
,
Apple
(AAPL) - Get Report
and
MasterCard
(MA) - Get Report
.
So those are the trends; stay tuned to the market and be sure to sign up for Week 5 after the close tomorrow.
This article was written by a staff member of TheStreet.com.