Stock Tickers: GS, MER, MS, LEH, BSC

The raw number of shares that are measured in the short interest in bulge bracket brokerage firm and investment banking stocks did increase, although if you look at the companies mentioned you’ll see that the picture was more of a mixed bag.  Here are the shares measured in the short interest for June and May:

Company (Ticker)            JUNE          MAY       Change
Goldman Sachs (GS)     8.47M         8.53M      -0.70%
Merrill Lynch (MER)         15.27M     14.41M      +5.95%
Morgan Stanley (MS)       11.16M     10.22M      +9.20%
Lehman (LEH)                 10.56M     10.67M      -1%
Bear Stearns (BSC)         3.60M         3.64M      -1%

Total                                   49.06M      47.47M      +3.34%

Jon C. Ogg
June 22, 2007

Jon Ogg can be reached at jonogg@247wallst.com; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.