Below is the short interest for selected stocks traded on the NYSE as of February 15, 2007. Changes compare to the short interest on January 12.
Largest Short Postions
Ford 190 million shares
LSI 76 million shares
Qwest 74 million shares
Home Depot 72 million shares
TimeWarner 66 million shares
CVS 51 million shares
Exxon 50 million shares
GM 49 million shares
Pfizer 47 million shares
Sprint 47 million shares
Blockbuster 41 million shares
RiteAide 40 million shares
Halliburton 39 million shares
AT&T 38 million shares
Kraft 38 million shares
Largest Increases In Short Position
CVX 21 million up
US Bancorp 17 million up
Duke Energy 15 million up
Ford 15 million up
LSI 12 million up
AMD 8 milion up
Blockbuster 8 million up
Largest Decreases In Short Postion
Home Depot 19 million down
TimeWarner 19 million down
Merck 13 million down
HP 12 million down
GE 12 million down
AIG 12 million down
Sprint 12 million down
Qwest 12 million down
Lear 10 million down
Altria 9 million down
GM 9 million down
Coca Cola 8 million down
Disney 8 million down
Boston Sci 7 million down
Data from WSJ and NYSE
Douglas A. McIntyre
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