DAILY NEWS STOCK PICKING CONTEST.

THE GAME: Five investment clubs from aound the region are managing fictitious portfolios that stood at $100,000 on Feb. 1. Contestants can buy and sell daily, but each transaction costs $50. The portfolios are limited to stocks traded on the nation's major exchanges

THE PAYOFF: Whoever has the largest portfolio on Aug. 1 stands tallest.

FIRST PLACE

NAME: Wall Street Women

STOCK PORTFOLIO: Covad 412, Digital Island 1,100 shares, Mail.com 956 shares, Portal Software 557 shares, Wit Capital 588 shares

TRANSACTIONS

LAST WEEK:

Sold 514 shares of Cisco at $65.625, bought 1,100 shares of Digital Island for $30.5625

VALUE

THIS MORNING:

$133,869.76 (includes $334.83 in cash)

VALUE

ON JULY 9:

$131,769.71 (includes $322.33 in cash)

SECOND PLACE

NAME: Goddesses

STOCK PORTFOLIO: Goto.com 766 shares, Juno 1,435 shares, Wit Capital 1,203 shares

TRANSACTIONS

LAST WEEK:

Sold 194 shares of America Online at $122.3125, sold 928 shares of Knight/Trimark at $55.75, sold 903 shares of Netbank at $33.3125, sold 197 shares of Priceline.com at $104.84375, bought 766 shares of Goto.com for $54.75, bought 1,507 shares of Keravision for $27.9375, bought 1,203 shares of Wit Capital for $34.875, sold 1,507 shares of Keravision at $25, bought 1,435 shares of Juno

VALUE

THIS MORNING:

$123,861.39 (includes $100.58 in cash)

VALUE

ON JULY 9:

$132,114.93 (includes $61.18 in cash)

THIRD PLACE

NAME: Divided Assets

STOCK PORTFOLIO: America Online 230 shares, ExciteHome 508.3804 shares, Cisco 200 shares, DoubleClick 36 shares, Lucent 375 shares

TRANSACTIONS

LAST WEEK:

VALUE

THIS MORNING:

$96,986.10 (includes $1.44 in cash)

VALUE

ON JULY 9:

$100,950.97 (includes $1.44 in cash)

FOURTH PLACE

NAME: Money Hungry Investment Club

STOCK PORTFOLIO: Compaq 500 shares, Dell 500 shares, Philip Morris 138 shares, Oracle 750 shares, Pfizer 300 shares

TRANSACTIONS

LAST WEEK:

None

VALUE

THIS MORNING:

$81,843 (includes $127 in cash)

VALUE

ON JULY 9:

$80,840.12 (includes $127 in cash)

FIFTH PLACE

NAME: Fiscal Therapy

STOCK PORTFOLIO: Arco 109 shares, Citigroup 199.50 shares, Home Depot 73 shares, Nextlink 208 shares, Bank One 232 shares, Priceline.com 22 shares, Time Warner 82 shares, Yahoo! 43 shares

TRANSACTIONS

LAST WEEK:

None

VALUE

THIS MORNING:

$73,817.73 (includes $35.11 in cash)

VALUE

ON JULY 9:

$72,903.57 (includes $35.11 in cash)

CAPTION(S):

5 photos

Photo: (1) Wall Street Women

(2) Fiscal Therapy

(3) Divided Assets

(4) Goddesses

(5) Money Hungry Investment Club