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) - 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
, as well as in the
.
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.