Beat the Street: Bull and Bear Neck and Neck

Less than $500 separate the all-long portfolio in the lead from the all-short list that is in second.
By TSC Staff ,

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) - Get Report

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) - Get Report

,

MBIA

(MBI) - Get Report

and

Hovnanian

(HOV) - Get Report

.

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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.

This article was written by a staff member of TheStreet.com.

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