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Saturday, September 23, 2006

Weekend Edition: NYSE Short Interest, September 2006

The short interest for stocks traded on the NYSE has been announced for the mid-September period. All figures compare short interest on September 15, 2006 to August 15, 2006.

Largest short positions:

AT&T 122.3 million shares up 2.3 million
Ford 103.1 million shares down 21 million
Lucent 95.3 million shares down 14.7 million
Qwest 68.2 million shares down 1 million
GM 64.6 million shares down 2.8 million
Sprint 57.5 million shares down 3 million
Pfizer 56.2 million shares up 11.7 million
Disney 52.1 million shares up 2.2 million
Time War 52.4 million shares up 3.4 million
Exxon 49.3 million shares up .1 million
Interpublic 49.1 million shares down .2 million
Halliburton 45.9 million shares down 2.4 million
Motorola 45.3 million shares down 8.4 million
Verizon 40.6 million shares up 3.4 million
B of A 39.9 million shares up 1.4 million
GE 39.2 million shares up 1.7 million
Wachovia 38.0 million shares up 2.9 million
AMD 37.3 million shares up 10.8 million
Merck 37.2 million shares up 7.1 million
HP 37.2 million shares down 14.0 million


Largest Increases:

Pfizer 11.7 million shares to 56.2 million
AMD 10.8 million shares to 37.2 million
EMC 8.7 million shares to 23.4 million
AIG 7.7 million shares to 24.8 million
L-1 Indent 7.4 million shares to 7.4 million
Merck 7.1 million shares to 37.2 million
Citizens Com 7.0 million shares to 18.3 million
DirecTV 6.4 million shares to 30.2 million


Largest Decreases:

Ford Motor down 21.0 million to 103.1 million
Bristol-Myer down 18.5 million to 22.1 million
Well Farg down 14.7 million to 33.2 million
Lucent down 14.7 million to 95.2 million
HP down 14.0 million to 37.2 million
Motorola down 8.4 million to 45.4 million
Gateway down 6.7 million to 18.9 million
News Corp down 6.6 million to 27.8 million


Largest short coverage ratios:

Pre-paid Legal 140 days
Krispy Kreme 60 days
Amer Ital Pasta 53 days
Primedia 45 days
Superior Ind 44 days
Hancock Fab 40 days
BuildABear 40 days
Cabela 36 days
Enzo Bio 36 days
Piedmont Gas 35 days
Winnebago 35 days

Source: NYSE and WSJ

Douglas A. McIntyre
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