NYSE Short Interest For July 2006

NYSE short interest rose 2.3% as of mid-July. Some key statistics:

Largest short positions:

Lucent 177.030 million
Ford 108.901 million
AT&T 106.026 million
GM 76.959 million
Home Dp 65.779 million
TimeWar 57.279 million
Sprint 55.736 million
Qwest 55.504 million
Pfizer 54.495 million
HP 50.215 million
Disney 48.711 million

Largest Increases

LSI Logic 29.7 million, up 22.5 million
AT&T 106.0 million, up 21.2 million
Bristol My 47.8 million, up 20.2 million
Verizon 34.1 million, up 14.4 million
Compter Sc 17.1 million, up 14.1 million
Disney 48.7 million, up 8.8 million
Merck 31.3 million, up 7.4 million

Largest Decreases

News Corp 20.8 million, down 19.3 million
Xerox 14.9 million, down 18.2 million
Lucent 117.0 million, down 16.5 million
Mosaic 13.1 million, down 13.6 million
Home Depot 65.8 million, down 11.9 million
Bank of NY 5.1 million, down 9.0 million
Micron 29.4 million, down 8.1 million
DuPont 19.2 million, down 7.0 million

Largest Cover Ratios

Pre-Paid Legal 80 days
Highland Crd Str 74 days
Krispy Kreme 41 days
Superior Ind 37 days
Nautilus 29 days
MortgageIT 28 days
Fresh Del Monte 27 days
Jo-Ann Store 27days
Hawaiian Elec 26 days
Amer Italian Past 26 days
Novastar Fin 26 days
Primedia 26 days