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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Short Interest!

Today is the first day, after 4:00 PM EDT, when the short interest numbers are released for pink sheets and OTC BB stocks. For now, I'm looking at them on the OTC BB site. UPDATE: Here's the Pink Sheets short interest site.

Here are the short interest numbers I'm interested in.
ETLT: a paltry 1,374 shares short. 1 day to cover.
CXTI: 134,281 shares short. 1 day to cover.
EPLN: only 10 shares short!
BKBO: 5,810 shares short. 1 day to cover.

ADY: 2,548 shares short.
CESV: 53,507 shares short.
SUWN: 1,832 shares short.
YHGG: 1,797 shares short.
LVWD: 929 shares short.
HQSM: 205,299 shares short. 1.58 days to cover.

Some notables:
China Kangtai Cactus (CKGT) 28,679 shares short, 26 days to cover. I looked at them a while back.
Bulldog Technologies (BLLD) 471,160 shares short! I just looked at them like a week ago or so.
BAM Entertainment (BFUN) 143,143 shares short. I looked at them last year.
China Evergreen (CEEC) 100,000 shares short. I looked at them last year.
Coca Cola Amatil (CCLAY) 37,075 shares short. I looked at them a while back.

No info for STHJF

Update:
Here are some really hugely shorted stocks.
Paivis Corp PAIV: 239,455,555
Tele Norte Cellular P: 100,800,000
Calpine, of course
Sun Hung Kai PPTYS SMMW: 49,820,000
China Construction Bank CICHF: 8,025,000
China Cosco Holdings CICOF: 4,980,000

Going by days to cover, here are the insanely shorted stocks (with like a year or more to cover).
MAUREL ET PROM ETABL (MRELF)
AINSWORTH LUMBER LTD (ANWLF)
BOUNDLESS CORP (BDLSQ)
PTT EXPLORATION AND (PTXLF)
WPP GROUP PLC ORD SH (WPPRF)
GRUPO CARSO SA DE CV (GPOVY)
COLLEGE BOUND INC (CLBD)
WESTJET AIRLINES VTG (WJAFF)
REED ELSEVIER NV (RENLF)
SPEEDEL HOLDING AG (SPDHF)
TRANSALTA POWER LP U (TPERF)
MCSI INC (MCSIQ)
GAZ METROPOLITAIN CO (ZZXAA)
SBM OFFSHORE NV (SBFFF)
REGUS GROUP PLC CHER (RGUGF)
AIXTRON AG AACHEN SH (AXTMF)
VALUE AMERICA INC (VUSAQ)
NATURAL WONDERS INC (NATWQ)
LEVITZ FURNITURE INC (LVFIQ)
AEROPLAN INCOME FUND (AOPIF)
ACESITA SA PFD SHS S (ACAHY)
WOLSELEY PLC ORD (WOSLF)
REED ELSEVIER PLC (RUKEF)
HANWA CO LTD (HNWAF)
MYTURN.COM INC (MYTNQ)
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIE (SGTSF)
ASTRAZENECA PLC ORD (AZNCF)
SPORTINGBET.COM UK (SPBTF)
CARPHONE WAREHOUSE (CRWHF)
JOHNSON MATTHEY PUB (JMPLF)
AGRIBIOTECH INC (ABTXQ)
J SAINSBURY PLC ORD (JSNSF)
TORSTAR CORP CL-B CD (TORSF)
DEXIA SA BELGIUM (DXBGF)
CABLE & WIRELESS PLC (CWPUF)
ALIMENTAT COU SUBVTG (ANCUF)
MIDWAY AIRLINES CORP (MDWYQ)
PANTHEON INC (PTHNF)
THORESEN THAI AGCIES (THAFF)
FAR EAST CONSORTIUM (FRTCF)
ELITE TECHS INC (ETCH)
IMPERIAL ENERGY CORP (IEGYF)
FONAR CORP CL A PFD (FONRP)
COMPUTER LEARNING (CLCXQ)
SMITH & NEPHEW PLC O (SNNUF)
MORRISON W SPRMRKT P (MRWSF)
SAPUTO INC (SAPIF)
WOLTERS KLUWER N V O (WTRWF)
STRATOS GLOBAL CORP (SGLBF)
VALUESTAR CORP (VLST)
NUVISTA ENERGY LTD (NUVSF)
KERECO ENERGY LTD (KEGYF)
GULFTEX DRILLING INC (GFTX)
INVENSYS PLC ORD (IVNSF)
RONA INC (RONAF)
FORTIS INC (CANADA) (FRTSF)
JEAN COUTU GROUP PJC (JCOUF)
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PL (RYDAF)
TERRA NOVA AQC UT (TNVAU)
GT GROUP TLCM B (GTTLQ)
INTL POWER PLC (IPRWF)
STEINHOFF INTERNATIO (SNHFF)
ORASCOM TELECOM SAE (ORSTF)
GLIATECH INC (GLIAQ)
GENESISINTERMEDIA (GENI)
CEMEX SA CPO (2A/1B) (CXMSF)
LGA HOLDINGS, INC. (LGAH)
NORTHBRIDGE FINL CP (NBFCF)
KARSTADT ORD (KARDF)
RECONDITIONED SYS (RESY)
FRONTLINE CAPITAL GR (FLCGQ)
CSR PLC CAMBRIDGE (CSRXF)
IT GROUP INC (THE) (ITXG)
STREAMLINE.COM INC (SLNE)
GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC (GLAXF)
YUKOS CORP SPONS ADR (YUKOY) hehe
ABC-NACO INC (ABCRQ)
S S L INTERNATIONAL (SLSLF)
ANGLO PLATI ORD SHS (AGPPF)
UNIBAIL SA ACT (UNBLF)
SHOPPERS DRUG MART (SHDMF)
LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD (LBLCF)
CREW ENERGY INC (CWEGF)
TOYO TIRE AND RUBBER (TOTRF)
HOME CAPITAL ORD SHS (HMCBF)
DUCATI MOTOR HOLDING (DMHGF)
JOHN LAING PLC (JLNGF)
ELECTROLUX A B CL B (ELUXF)
WORLD COMM ONLINE DE (WCOLQ)
ELECTRO-OPTICAL SYST (EOSC)
ROTHMANS INC CDA (RMANF)
NEWMONT MINING CH UT (NEMUF)
TVSL SA (TVSFF)
CITRON INC (CTNI)

who said you can't print on water?

Comments:
I don't understand the stocks included on the days to cover list... there are many robust foreign listings here (AstraZeneca, Glaxo, Reed Elsevier, etc.)
How can they be massively shorted?
 
I suppose the days to cover involves only the average share transaction rate for the ADR and not the stock in its native market. So an ADR might be massively shorted while the shares on some foreign exchange are not. That's how it seems to me.
 
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