Below are short interest figures for major companies traded on the NYSE as of August 15 compared to July 13, 2007
Largest Short Positions
Ford (F) 191.9 million shares short
Countrywide (CFC) 83.6 million
Qwest (Q) 83.3 million
AMD (AMD) 81.7 million
Tenet 69.8 million
Best Buy (BBI) 68.7 million
Time Warner (TWX) 67.0 million
GE (GE) 67.3 million
Wells Fargo 63.0 million
Home Depot (HD) 61.8 million
Altrai (MO) 54.9 million
GM (GM) 52.7 million
Micron (MU) 50.9 million
Largest Increases
Countrywide (CFC) 32.2 million share increase
Best Buy (BBI) 22.3 million
Home Depot (HD) 20.8 million
Tenet 19.1 million
Fannie Mae 17.1 million
Schering-Plough 15.7 million
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) 11.6 million
Wachovia 9.9 million
Wells Fargo 9.3 million
Moody’s Corp 8.3 million
General Electric (GE) 8.2 million
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) 8.1 million
Largest Decreases
Motorola (MOT) 95.1 million decrease
LSI 27.0 million decrease
Ford 21.0 million decrease
Natl Semi 14.0 million decrease
CBS (CBS) 12.8 million decrease
Texas Instru (TXN) 12.0 million decrease
IBM (IBM) 11.9 million decrease
Verizon (VZ) 10.7 million decrease
Data from NYSE and WSJ
Douglas A. McIntyre
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