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Nasdaq Short Interest Mid-December (LVLT)(SIRI)(INTC)(CSCO)
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Based on figures for short interest in Nasdaq stocks at mid-December, traders increased their bets against a number of discount brokerage and technical stocks. The numbers compare figures on December 14 to those November 30.
The short interest in several financial stocks moved up sharply. Shares sold short in TD Ameritrade (AMTD) rose 8.2 million to 17.8 million. Short interest in Schwab (SCHW) jumped 6.1 million to 28.7 million. Shares short in E*Trade (ETFC) moved up 3.9 million to 53.7 milllion.
Short interest in Intel (INTC) moved up 8.7 million shares to 69.7 million. Comcast (CMCSA) short interest was up 4.2 million shares to 51.8 million. Share short in Applied Materials (AMAT) rose 3.2 million to 29.2 million.
The largest drop in short interest was in Sirius (SIRI) which fell 22.5 million to 145 million.
Largest Short Positions
Company Shares Sold Short
Level 3 (LVLT) 167.5 million
Microsoft (MSFT) 113.5 million
Sirius 106.0 million
Charter (CHTR) 96.9 million
Intel 69.7 million
Yahoo! (YHOO) 55.5 million
Largest Increases In Shares Sold Short
Company Increase In Short Position
Comcast (CMCSA) 10.2 million share increase
Intel 8.7 million
TD Ameritrade 8.2 million
Schwab 6.1 million
Largest Decreases In Short Position
Company Decrease In Shares Sold Short
Sirius 11.4 million share decrease
Qualcomm (QCOM) 2.8 million
Yahoo! (YHOO) 2.7 million
Cisco (CSCO) 2.5 million
Data from Nasdaq
Douglas A McIntyre
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