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Short Sellers Up Bet Against Brokerage Firms (June 2007) (GS, MER, MS, LEH, BSC)
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Stock Tickers: GS, MER, MS, LEH, BSC
The raw number of shares that are measured in the short interest in bulge bracket brokerage firm and investment banking stocks did increase, although if you look at the companies mentioned you’ll see that the picture was more of a mixed bag. Here are the shares measured in the short interest for June and May:
Company (Ticker) JUNE MAY Change
Goldman Sachs (GS) 8.47M 8.53M -0.70%
Merrill Lynch (MER) 15.27M 14.41M +5.95%
Morgan Stanley (MS) 11.16M 10.22M +9.20%
Lehman (LEH) 10.56M 10.67M -1%
Bear Stearns (BSC) 3.60M 3.64M -1%
Total 49.06M 47.47M +3.34%
Jon C. Ogg
June 22, 2007
Jon Ogg can be reached at [email protected]; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.
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