NYSE Short Interest In Banks And Retailers Rises (WB)(MBI)(SLM)(CC)(C)(MO)(F)(TWX)(EMC)

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Published: January 10, 2008 4:41 am

Short interest of stocks listed on the NYSE as of December 31 showed that retailers and financial companies had sharp increases when compared to the figures on December 14.

Shares sold short in Wachovia (WB), Wells Farge (WFC), MBIA (MBI), SLM (SLM), and Circuit City (CC) jumped.

Short interest in Citigroup (C), Altria (MO), Ford (F), Time Warner (TWX), EMC (EMC), and Pfizer (PFE) fell.

Largest Short Interest Positions

Company Shares Sold Short

Ford 138.6 million shares short

Countrywide (CFC) 134.4 million

Citigroup 96.6 million

Washington Mutual (WM) 92.4 million

Qwest (Q) 88.9 million

AMD (AMD) 79.2 million

Largest Increases In Short Interest

Company Increase In Shares Sold Short

Wachovia 20 million

Liberty Property 15.1 million

Rite Aide 12.3 million

Wells Fargo 8.8 million

Standard Pacific 8.1 million

Procter & Gamble (PG) 7.1 million

Largest Decreases In Short Position

Company Decrease In Shares Sold Short

Altria 16.2 million share decrease

Ford 10.1 million

Time Warner 9.7 million

EMC 9.0 million

Pfizer (PFE) 8.5 million

Data from NYSE

Douglas A. McIntyre

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