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Below are the short positions for stocks traded on the NYSE at mid-November compared to one month earlier. Largest Short Positions |
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| Rank | NOV 15 | OCT 13 | Change |
| 1 AT&T Inc | 134,932,390 | 134,856,678 | 75,712 |
| 2 Ford Motor Co | 101,824,318 | 100,471,907 | 1,352,411 |
| 3 Lucent Technol | 93,061,911 | 94,645,672 | -1,583,761 |
| 4 Sprint Nextel | 74,778,251 | 67,980,467 | 6,797,784 |
| 5 Qwest Communications | 74,034,168 | 78,349,233 | -4,315,065 |
| 6 Time Warner | 66,254,788 | 67,516,192 | -1,261,404 |
| 7 Gen’l Mtr | 60,775,992 | 63,866,888 | -3,090,896 |
| 8 Exxon Mobil Corp | 52,633,437 | 48,949,833 | 3,683,604 |
| 9 Interpublic Grp | 45,658,923 | 43,788,340 | 1,870,583 |
| 10 Pfizer Inc | 44,733,067 | 44,113,543 | 619,524 |
| 11 Halliburton Co | 44,418,339 | 46,106,459 | -1,688,120 |
| 12 Disney (Walt) | 42,120,213 | 47,100,121 | -4,979,908 |
| 13 Bank of America | 36,123,806 | 38,324,050 | -2,200,244 |
| 14 Merck & Co | 35,852,991 | 37,369,247 | -1,516,256 |
| 15 Eastman Kodak Co | 35,736,793 | 34,515,445 | 1,221,348 |
| 16 General Electric | 35,616,248 | 52,211,168 | -16,594,920 |
| 17 Verizon Communic | 35,340,350 | 44,370,304 | -9,029,954 |
| 18 Rite Aid Corp | 35,326,261 | 29,755,803 | 5,570,458 |
| 19 Micron Technol | 34,744,359 | 33,607,631 | 1,136,728 |
| 20 Tenet Healthcare | 34,743,794 | 31,567,538 | 3,176,256 |
| 21 Wal-Mart Stores | 34,336,701 | 36,684,738 | -2,348,037 |
| 22 Chesapeake Engy | 33,749,280 | 32,772,908 | 976,372 |
| 23 Lowe’s Cos | 33,466,883 | 32,971,272 | 495,611 |
| 24 Home Depot | 32,790,002 | 25,494,978 | 7,295,024 |
| 25 Wells Fargo | 31,462,801 | 32,150,249 | -687,448 |
| 26 Hewlett-Packard | 30,151,757 | 34,576,693 | -4,424,936 |
| 27 Blockbuster Inc | 29,113,229 | 30,623,877 | -1,510,648 |
| 28 LSI Logic Corp | 29,074,574 | 29,505,177 | -430,603 |
| 29 Amer Int’l Group | 27,949,808 | 27,759,693 | 190,115 |
| 30 Reynolds American | 27,673,904 | 29,910,959 | -2,237,055 |
| 31 News Corp A | 27,547,497 | 26,735,029 | 812,468 |
| 32 Chevron Corp | 27,481,944 | 27,683,179 | -201,235 |
| 33 Texas Instruments | 27,114,257 | 36,220,732 | -9,106,475 |
| 34 Boston Scientific | 26,899,456 | 29,820,021 | -2,920,565 |
| 35 JPMorgan Chase | 26,618,325 | 26,457,840 | 160,485 |
| 36 Kraft Foods A | 26,405,241 | 24,608,559 | 1,796,682 |
| 37 Univision Comm A | 26,293,761 | 27,341,368 | -1,047,607 |
| 38 Countrywide Fin’l | 26,237,895 | 21,881,936 | 4,355,959 |
| 39 Host Hotels&Resrts | 25,882,475 | 22,280,266 | 3,602,209 |
| 40 CVS Corp | 25,649,578 | 10,716,945 | 14,932,633 |
| 41 Altria Group Inc | 25,401,588 | 26,216,978 | -815,390 |
| 42 Schlumberger Ltd | 25,108,006 | 24,142,313 | 965,693 |
| 43 iShrDJUSRlEst IYR | 24,657,378 | 27,028,551 | -2,371,173 |
| 44 Advanced Micro Dev | 24,524,597 | 32,311,716 | -7,787,119 |
| 45 Tyco Int’l | 24,476,933 | 26,102,602 | -1,625,669 |
| 46 Xcel Energy | 24,051,868 | 20,305,545 | 3,746,323 |
| 47 FPL Grp | 23,996,316 | 35,375,643 | -11,379,327 |
| 48 Big Lots Inc | 23,638,149 | 24,352,350 | -714,201 |
| 49 Allied Waste Ind | 23,418,898 | 28,295,805 | -4,876,907 |
| 50 Washington Mutual | 23,126,769 | 22,747,432 | 379,337 |
| 51 NY Community Bncp | 22,932,035 | 23,686,034 | -753,999 |
| 52 US Bancorp | 22,848,968 | 23,449,954 | -600,986 |
| 53 Commerce Bncp-NJ | 22,803,332 | 24,610,444 | -1,807,112 |
| 54 Cincinnati Bell | 22,599,590 | 21,959,818 | 639,772 |
| 55 Motorola Inc | 22,376,757 | 38,398,718 | -16,021,961 |
| 56 Centerpoint Energy | 22,138,537 | 16,564,816 | 5,573,721 |
| 57 Six Flags | 22,129,606 | 22,455,808 | -326,202 |
| 58 DirecTV Group | 21,987,580 | 27,021,620 | -5,034,040 |
| 59 Goodyear Tire | 21,831,047 | 23,633,159 | -1,802,112 |
| Largest Positive Changes | |||
| Rank | NOV 15 | OCT 13 | Change |
| 1 CVS Corp | 25,649,578 | 10,716,945 | 14,932,633 |
| 2 Gap Inc | 20,922,780 | 11,972,112 | 8,950,668 |
| 3 Thermo Fisher Sci | 19,850,586 | 11,547,708 | 8,302,878 |
| 4 Home Depot | 32,790,002 | 25,494,978 | 7,295,024 |
| 5 Sprint Nextel | 74,778,251 | 67,980,467 | 6,797,784 |
| 6 Centerpoint Energy | 22,138,537 | 16,564,816 | 5,573,721 |
| 7 Rite Aid Corp | 35,326,261 | 29,755,803 | 5,570,458 |
| 8 iShrSmlcp600 IJR | 8,978,107 | 4,614,739 | 4,363,368 |
| 9 Countrywide Fin’l | 26,237,895 | 21,881,936 | 4,355,959 |
| 10 Coca-Cola Co | 13,335,234 | 9,141,369 | 4,193,865 |
| 11 Norfolk Southern | 7,761,663 | 3,876,734 | 3,884,929 |
| 12 Xcel Energy | 24,051,868 | 20,305,545 | 3,746,323 |
| 13 Exxon Mobil Corp | 52,633,437 | 48,949,833 | 3,683,604 |
| 14 Host Hotels&Resrts | 25,882,475 | 22,280,266 | 3,602,209 |
| 15 Schering-Plough | 15,683,870 | 12,090,841 | 3,593,029 |
| 16 Diamond Offshore | 10,449,135 | 6,904,436 | 3,544,699 |
| 17 Walgreen Co | 17,234,131 | 13,762,092 | 3,472,039 |
| 18 Nat’l City Corp | 18,069,933 | 14,628,043 | 3,441,890 |
| 19 NYSE Group | 19,606,098 | 16,314,117 | 3,291,981 |
| 20 Laboratory Cp Amer | 5,752,384 | 2,467,124 | 3,285,260 |
| 21 Tenet Healthcare | 34,743,794 | 31,567,538 | 3,176,256 |
| Largest Negative Changes | |||
| Rank | NOV 15 | OCT 13 | Change |
| 1 McDonald’s Corp | 15,076,700 | 60,530,686 | -45,453,986 |
| 2 General Electric | 35,616,248 | 52,211,168 | -16,594,920 |
| 3 Motorola Inc | 22,376,757 | 38,398,718 | -16,021,961 |
| 4 FPL Grp | 23,996,316 | 35,375,643 | -11,379,327 |
| 5 Regions Fin’l | 11,135,550 | 20,542,706 | -9,407,156 |
| 6 Texas Instruments | 27,114,257 | 36,220,732 | -9,106,475 |
| 7 Verizon Communic | 35,340,350 | 44,370,304 | -9,029,954 |
| 8 iShrMSCIJapan EWJ | 5,845,706 | 14,643,432 | -8,797,726 |
| 9 Fidelity Natl Finl | 3,577,419 | 11,443,829 | -7,866,410 |
| 10 Advanced Micro Dev | 24,524,597 | 32,311,716 | -7,787,119 |
| 11 Gateway Inc | 13,160,037 | 18,256,992 | -5,096,955 |
| 12 DirecTV Group | 21,987,580 | 27,021,620 | -5,034,040 |
| 13 Disney (Walt) | 42,120,213 | 47,100,121 | -4,979,908 |
| 14 Allied Waste Ind | 23,418,898 | 28,295,805 | -4,876,907 |
| 15 Exelon Corp | 6,257,815 | 11,111,761 | -4,853,946 |
| 16 Hewlett-Packard | 30,151,757 | 34,576,693 | -4,424,936 |
| 17 Qwest Communications | 74,034,168 | 78,349,233 | -4,315,065 |
| 18 Amer Tower A | 18,875,823 | 23,183,564 | -4,307,741 |
| 19 Wyeth | 7,561,095 | 11,847,427 | -4,286,332 |
| 20 Hilton Htls | 9,938,899 | 14,075,244 | -4,136,345 |
| 21 Medtronic Inc | 13,299,950 | 17,405,663 | -4,105,713 |
| 22 Sara Lee Corp | 6,980,562 | 11,066,466 | -4,085,904 |
| 23 St Jude Medical | 3,943,394 | 7,818,626 | -3,875,232 |
| 24 Corning Inc | 12,579,089 | 16,426,416 | -3,847,327 |
| 25 Cypress Semicond | 14,578,937 | 17,999,829 | -3,420,892 |
| 26 Avon Products | 8,015,427 | 11,311,711 | -3,296,284 |
| 27 Gen’l Mtr | 60,775,992 | 63,866,888 | -3,090,896 |
| 28 CBS Corp B | 15,573,405 | 18,634,678 | -3,061,273 |
| 29 Quantum Corp | 5,074,057 | 8,129,878 | -3,055,821 |
| 30 Boston Scientific | 26,899,456 | 29,820,021 | -2,920,565 |
Source: NYSE and Wall Street Journal
Douglas A. McIntyre
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