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September NYSE Short Interest: Housing And Retail Under Pressure
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The September short interest for NYSE stocks is out, and a number of big names in mortgages, retail ,and housing say bets against them move up. The figures compare shares short on September 14 compared to August 15, 2007.
Among the companies with the largest increase in short position were Jones Apparel (JNY), DR Horton (DHI), and Thornburg Mortgage (TMA),
Ford (F) topped that short list with 191.1 milion shares short, little changed from August. Countrywide, Home Depot, and Best Buy were also in the top ten.
Below is the short interest in selected companies.
Largest Short Positions
Company Shares Short
Ford (F) 191.1 million shares short
Qwest (Q) 85.9 million shares short
AMD (AMD) 84.4 million shares short
Counrtywide (CFC) 78.7 million shares short
Time Warner (TWX) 64.9 million shares short
Home Depot (HD) 63.8 million shares short
Best Buy (BBY) 62.8 million shares short
GE (GE) 59.7 million shares short
GM (GM) 56.3 miillion shares short
Altria (MO) 50.1 million shares short
Sprint (S) 47.8 million shares short
Largest Increases In Short Position
Company Increase
Marsh & McLennan Up 20.2 million
Jones Apparel Up 19.9 million
Rolm & Haas Up 16.1 million
Rite Aid Up 10.7 million
DR Horton Up 8.4 million
Delta Up 6.8 million
Thornburg Up 5.7 million
Texas Instruments (TXN) Up 5.3 million
MBIA Up 4.1 million
Largest Decreases In Short Position
Company Decrease
Tenet Down 16.1 million
Wells Fargo Down 15.6 million
CVS Down 15.5 million
Schering-Plough Down 15.2 million
Fannie Mae Down 14.6 million
Wachovia Down 13.8 million
Bank of America (BAC) Down 9.5 million
Valero Down 9.2 million
News Corp (NWS) Down 7.8 million
JP Morgan (JPM) Down 7.7 million
Data from WSJ and NYSE
Douglas A. McIntyre
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