Below are key short interest statistics for July. The figures are as of July 13 compared to June 15, 2007
Largest Short Positions
Company Short Position
Ford (F) 213 million shares short
Motorola (MOT) 128 million shares
Qwest (Q) 82 million
AMD (AMD) 81 million
Time Warner (TWX) 70 million
Micron (MU) 60 million
National Semi (NSM) 59 million
GE (GE) 59 million
CVS (CVS) 59 million
Sprint (S) 50 million
Pfizer (PFE) 50 million
LSI (LSI) 50 million
Bank of America (BAC) 49 million
Short Position Increases
Company Increase
Best Buy (BBY) Up 30 million
Bank of America Up 13 million
Micron (MU) Up 9 million
Schlumberger Up 8 million
AMD (AMD) Up 7 million
Beazer (BZH) Up 7 million
Largest Decrease In Short Position
Verizon (VZ) Down 13 million
Motorola (MOT) Down 10 million
IBM (IBM) Down 11 million
Time Warner (TWX) Down 9 million
CBS (CBS) Down 7 million
Disney (DIS) Down 6 million
HP (HPQ) Down 5 million
Pfizer (PFE) Down 5 million
Exxon (XOM) Down 4 million
Data from WSJ and NYSE
Douglas A. McIntyre
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