the link is
http://online.wsj.com/mdc/public/page/2_3062-nyseshort-highlites.html
Company Symbol 4/15/10 3/31/10 Chg % Chg % Float Days to
cover Avg daily
volume
1 Citigroup, Inc. Common Stock C 415,520,271 523,504,424 -107,984,153 -20.6 2.1 1 641,778,357
2 Ford Motor Company Common Stoc F 258,530,744 182,004,206 76,526,538 42.0 7.8 2 103,884,926
3 Standard & Poor's Depositary R SPY 256,853,235 232,808,624 24,044,611 10.3 ... 2 139,536,187
4 iShares Trust (Barclays Global IWM 222,417,455 195,796,980 26,620,475 13.6 ... 4 54,882,713
5 Sprint Nextel Corporation Com S 130,801,989 133,208,815 -2,406,826 -1.8 4.4 3 50,858,163
6 Qwest Communications Internati Q 127,401,408 121,988,373 5,413,035 4.4 7.4 7 19,521,560
7 Federal National Mortgage Asso FNM 120,010,639 122,836,168 -2,825,529 -2.3 10.8 2 51,808,109
8 Select Sector SPDR Trust (The) XLF 100,830,360 121,753,861 -20,923,501 -17.2 ... 2 66,623,861
9 Bank of America Corporation Co BAC 96,652,098 92,990,045 3,662,053 3.9 1.0 1 162,595,248
10 Nokia Corporation Sponsored Am NOK 90,520,290 76,968,561 13,551,729 17.6 ... 4 24,910,801
11 Exxon Mobil Corporation Common XOM 88,281,414 86,216,436 2,064,978 2.4 1.9 4 20,284,969
12 SPDR Series Trust SPDR Retail XRT 81,109,194 71,677,308 9,431,886 13.2 ... 7 11,510,266
13 Regions Financial Corporation RF 80,610,091 75,117,710 5,492,381 7.3 6.8 2 37,638,547
14 iShares Trust (Barclays Global EEM 78,598,027 80,302,047 -1,704,020 -2.1 ... 1 53,428,019
15 Alcoa Inc. Common Stock AA 76,552,429 86,116,626 -9,564,197 -11.1 7.5 2 44,052,172
16 Synovus Financial Corporation SNV 75,562,853 56,084,448 19,478,405 34.7 15.8 4 19,000,121
17 MGM Mirage Common Stock MGM 73,076,739 73,600,426 -523,687 -0.7 29.1 2 46,737,659
18 Altria Group, Inc. MO 72,758,691 64,905,754 7,852,937 12.1 3.5 6 11,242,599
19 iShares Trust (Barclays Global IYR 71,289,999 73,167,494 -1,877,495 -2.6 ... 5 13,674,168
20 General Electric Company Commo GE 66,118,213 70,081,135 -3,962,922 -5.7 0.6 1 68,050,471
21 Ambac Financial Group, Inc. Co ABK 65,321,333 60,395,046 4,926,287 8.2 22.9 0 172,429,826
22 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Cor FRE 65,255,666 67,341,025 -2,085,359 -3.1 10.1 3 24,798,738
23 Wells Fargo & Company Common S WFC 58,219,428 60,116,195 -1,896,767 -3.2 1.1 2 36,269,803
24 Verizon Communications Inc. Co VZ 55,752,359 48,352,298 7,400,061 15.3 2.0 2 23,850,750
25 Eastman Kodak Company Common S EK 54,861,077 52,252,275 2,608,802 5.0 20.6 3 16,465,891
26 Walt Disney Company (The) Comm DIS 54,704,489 58,297,071 -3,592,582 -6.2 3.0 5 11,814,278
27 VALE S.A. American Depositary VALE 52,829,176 45,264,749 7,564,427 16.7 ... 2 24,115,006
28 KeyCorp Common Stock KEY 52,418,992 50,083,122 2,335,870 4.7 6.2 2 24,106,110
29 Schlumberger N.V. Common Stock SLB 49,979,920 48,051,597 1,928,323 4.0 4.2 6 8,897,233
30 Charles Schwab Corporation (Th SCHW 49,367,322 45,383,310 3,984,012 8.8 5.0 4 11,818,109
31 Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Co HST 49,080,596 49,962,302 -881,706 -1.8 7.8 5 9,719,207
32 Las Vegas Sands Corp. Common S LVS 48,794,437 45,917,095 2,877,342 6.3 15.4 1 41,849,852
33 IShares Trust IShares Trust FT FXI 48,329,565 52,172,749 -3,843,184 -7.4 ... 2 22,402,250
34 iShares Trust iShares MSCI EAF EFA 47,619,862 41,231,558 6,388,304 15.5 ... 3 15,589,735
35 Motorola, Inc. Common Stock MOT 47,303,276 51,639,572 -4,336,296 -8.4 2.0 2 24,308,899
36 Frontier Communications Corpor FTR 44,412,933 42,447,933 1,965,000 4.6 14.4 10 4,556,909
37 Pfizer, Inc. Common Stock PFE 44,186,580 44,540,816 -354,236 -0.8 0.5 1 66,771,479
38 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company C BMY 43,526,696 45,293,233 -1,766,537 -3.9 2.5 3 12,450,802
39 Sandridge Energy Inc. Common S SD 43,029,368 39,647,104 3,382,264 8.5 31.8 3 17,011,404
40 AT & T Inc. T 42,902,683 47,295,552 -4,392,869 -9.3 0.7 1 29,026,768
41 Saks Incorporated Common Stock SKS 41,709,885 45,189,320 -3,479,435 -7.7 36.0 10 4,089,376
42 Home Depot, Inc. (The) Common HD 41,025,266 39,783,711 1,241,555 3.1 2.4 3 15,345,311
43 EMC Corporation Common Stock EMC 40,509,170 39,378,045 1,131,125 2.9 2.0 2 21,304,871
44 U.S. Bancorp Common Stock USB 38,573,541 40,065,879 -1,492,338 -3.7 2.0 3 11,998,151
45 Baker Hughes Incorporated Comm BHI 38,170,174 37,231,406 938,768 2.5 12.3 9 4,409,655
46 Hecla Mining Company Common St HL 37,065,913 38,782,810 -1,716,897 -4.4 15.4 4 9,597,548
47 SPDR KBW Regional Banking ETF KRE 36,532,268 38,008,007 -1,475,739 -3.9 ... 12 2,941,866
48 Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. Sponsore CX 35,771,288 34,655,162 1,116,126 3.2 ... 5 7,838,297
49 AMR Corporation Common Stock AMR 35,567,484 32,495,586 3,071,898 9.5 10.7 3 13,073,070
50 PulteGroup, Inc. Common Stock PHM 35,293,256 33,111,215 2,182,041 6.6 10.5 6 6,354,240
Sources: FactSet Research Systems; WSJ Market Data Group
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Company Symbol 4/15/10 3/31/10 Chg % Chg % Float Days to
cover Avg daily
volume
1 Ford Motor Company Common Stoc F 258,530,744 182,004,206 76,526,538 42.0 7.8 2 103,884,926
2 iShares Trust (Barclays Global IWM 222,417,455 195,796,980 26,620,475 13.6 ... 4 54,882,713
3 Standard & Poor's Depositary R SPY 256,853,235 232,808,624 24,044,611 10.3 ... 2 139,536,187
4 Synovus Financial Corporation SNV 75,562,853 56,084,448 19,478,405 34.7 15.8 4 19,000,121
5 Nokia Corporation Sponsored Am NOK 90,520,290 76,968,561 13,551,729 17.6 ... 4 24,910,801
6 iShares Trust (Barclays Global EWJ 29,312,186 17,706,623 11,605,563 65.5 ... 1 24,862,423
7 SPDR Series Trust SPDR Retail XRT 81,109,194 71,677,308 9,431,886 13.2 ... 7 11,510,266
8 Altria Group, Inc. MO 72,758,691 64,905,754 7,852,937 12.1 3.5 6 11,242,599
9 VALE S.A. American Depositary VALE 52,829,176 45,264,749 7,564,427 16.7 ... 2 24,115,006
10 Verizon Communications Inc. Co VZ 55,752,359 48,352,298 7,400,061 15.3 2.0 2 23,850,750
11 iShares Trust iShares MSCI EAF EFA 47,619,862 41,231,558 6,388,304 15.5 ... 3 15,589,735
12 Natl Bk Greece Ads Common Stoc NBG 8,563,171 2,533,064 6,030,107 238.1 ... 1 14,022,634
13 Regions Financial Corporation RF 80,610,091 75,117,710 5,492,381 7.3 6.8 2 37,638,547
14 Qwest Communications Internati Q 127,401,408 121,988,373 5,413,035 4.4 7.4 7 19,521,560
15 BRF-Brasil Foods S.A. BRFS 6,633,409 1,287,719 5,345,690 415.1 ... 6 1,049,848
16 Ambac Financial Group, Inc. Co ABK 65,321,333 60,395,046 4,926,287 8.2 22.9 0 172,429,826
17 Tyco International, Ltd. (Swit TYC 13,004,520 8,314,333 4,690,187 56.4 2.7 3 3,958,271
18 D.R. Horton, Inc. Common Stock DHI 29,596,734 25,243,522 4,353,212 17.2 10.6 4 6,677,707
19 MBIA Inc. Common Stock MBI 28,697,524 24,370,305 4,327,219 17.8 18.7 2 14,371,261
20 RRI Energy, Inc. Common Stock RRI 21,038,191 16,990,778 4,047,413 23.8 6.0 1 15,519,969
21 Dynegy Inc. (Delaware) (New) C DYN 22,388,685 18,368,621 4,020,064 21.9 4.2 2 14,735,370
22 Charles Schwab Corporation (Th SCHW 49,367,322 45,383,310 3,984,012 8.8 5.0 4 11,818,109
23 Xerox Corporation Common Stock XRX 14,733,506.0 10,752,585.0 3,980,921 37.0 1.1 1 13,372,390
24 Bank of America Corporation Co BAC 96,652,098 92,990,045 3,662,053 3.9 1.0 1 162,595,248
25 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold FCX 30,062,444 26,433,998 3,628,446 13.7 7.0 3 10,533,433
26 VALE S.A. VALEP 26,610,085 22,987,469 3,622,616 15.8 ... 3 7,947,773
27 Sandridge Energy Inc. Common S SD 43,029,368 39,647,104 3,382,264 8.5 31.8 3 17,011,404
28 NYSE Euronext Common Stock NYX 9,865,311 6,501,817 3,363,494 51.7 3.8 2 4,113,640
29 AMR Corporation Common Stock AMR 35,567,484 32,495,586 3,071,898 9.5 10.7 3 13,073,070
30 Lowe's Companies, Inc. Common LOW 20,546,584 17,506,183 3,040,401 17.4 1.4 2 12,011,303
31 King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Com KG 14,906,592 11,913,676 2,992,916 25.1 6.0 2 7,232,888
32 Companhia Siderurgica Nacional SID 7,267,753 4,285,389 2,982,364 69.6 ... 2 4,676,443
33 Tenet Healthcare Corporation C THC 20,147,950 17,185,093 2,962,857 17.2 4.2 2 8,302,869
34 Las Vegas Sands Corp. Common S LVS 48,794,437 45,917,095 2,877,342 6.3 15.4 1 41,849,852
35 SPDR Series Trust SPDR Homebui XHB 13,609,110 10,866,016 2,743,094 25.2 ... 2 6,694,166
36 Invesco Plc New Common Stock IVZ 10,757,707 8,039,703 2,718,004 33.8 2.5 2 4,325,967
37 Southwestern Energy Company Co SWN 9,342,118 6,625,157 2,716,961 41.0 2.8 2 5,337,958
38 AU Optronics Corp American Dep AUO 13,118,734.0 10,462,013.0 2,656,721 25.4 ... 4 2,958,611
39 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Common S WMT 24,605,516 21,966,477 2,639,039 12.0 1.2 2 12,588,112
40 iShares Trust (Barclays Global EWT 9,992,605 7,367,134 2,625,471 35.6 ... 1 14,991,260
41 Eastman Kodak Company Common S EK 54,861,077 52,252,275 2,608,802 5.0 20.6 3 16,465,891
42 Suncor Energy Inc. Common Sto SU 8,295,274 5,696,423 2,598,851 45.6 0.5 1 9,310,869
43 Louisiana-Pacific Corporation LPX 15,098,392 12,511,943 2,586,449 20.7 12.0 3 5,301,669
44 Huntsman Corporation Common St HUN 8,495,468 5,933,833 2,561,635 43.2 4.7 3 2,918,243
45 First BanCorp. Common Stock FBP 22,554,081 20,097,191 2,456,890 12.2 33.4 4 6,097,771
46 iStar Financial Inc. Common St SFI 23,932,586 21,571,814 2,360,772 10.9 29.7 8 2,938,085
47 Encana Corporation ECA 16,794,769 14,454,861 2,339,908 16.2 2.2 5 3,471,716
48 KeyCorp Common Stock KEY 52,418,992 50,083,122 2,335,870 4.7 6.2 2 24,106,110
49 American Eagle Outfitters, Inc AEO 10,117,782 7,874,378 2,243,404 28.5 5.4 2 6,247,807
50 Eli Lilly and Company Common S LLY 31,001,868 28,802,348 2,199,520 7.6 2.7 5 6,608,016
Sources: FactSet Research Systems; WSJ Market Data Group
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Company Symbol 4/15/10 3/31/10 Chg % Chg % Float Days to
cover Avg daily
volume
1 Citigroup, Inc. Common Stock C 415,520,271 523,504,424 -107,984,153 -20.6 2.1 1 641,778,357
2 Select Sector SPDR Trust (The) XLF 100,830,360 121,753,861 -20,923,501 -17.2 ... 2 66,623,861
3 Kraft Foods Inc. Common Stock KFT 26,363,360 42,335,982 -15,972,622 -37.7 1.5 3 9,755,702
4 ProShares Ultra Financials UYG 2,986,415 13,886,673 -10,900,258 -78.5 ... 1 2,053,835
5 Alcoa Inc. Common Stock AA 76,552,429 86,116,626 -9,564,197 -11.1 7.5 2 44,052,172
6 Marriot International Common S MAR 23,246,580 32,398,603 -9,152,023 -28.2 8.3 5 4,940,871
7 Vanguard International Equity VWO 7,413,051 16,277,763 -8,864,712 -54.5 ... 0 15,174,137
8 Talbots, Inc. (The) Common Sto TLB 12,497,674 18,859,861 -6,362,187 -33.7 35.0 2 5,231,811
9 ProShares Ultra Real Estate URE 2,384,504 8,405,931 -6,021,427 -71.6 ... 1 3,192,943
10 Sara Lee Corporation Common St SLE 33,716,624 38,715,819 -4,999,195 -12.9 5.1 4 7,814,714
11 Merck & Company, Inc. Common S MRK 18,101,842 22,881,227 -4,779,385 -20.9 0.6 1 13,700,515
12 Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Semi SMH 24,747,583 29,505,123 -4,757,540 -16.1 ... 2 12,546,196
13 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C AMD 33,158,184 37,624,587 -4,466,403 -11.9 5.9 1 23,182,154
14 AT & T Inc. T 42,902,683 47,295,552 -4,392,869 -9.3 0.7 1 29,026,768
15 Motorola, Inc. Common Stock MOT 47,303,276 51,639,572 -4,336,296 -8.4 2.0 2 24,308,899
16 American International Group, AIG 30,345,869 34,617,181 -4,271,312 -12.3 25.2 1 23,343,861
17 Annaly Capital Management Inc NLY 24,377,773 28,620,624 -4,242,851 -14.8 4.4 3 7,778,328
18 Banco Bradesco Sa American Dep BBD 20,600,706 24,652,947 -4,052,241 -16.4 1.2 3 7,950,716
19 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New Co BRKB 23,880,492 27,885,605 -4,005,113 -14.4 2.8 7 3,495,777
20 General Electric Company Commo GE 66,118,213 70,081,135 -3,962,922 -5.7 0.6 1 68,050,471
21 IShares Trust IShares Trust FT FXI 48,329,565 52,172,749 -3,843,184 -7.4 ... 2 22,402,250
22 ProShares UltraShort Real Esta SRS 2,587,534 6,318,216 -3,730,682 -59.0 ... 1 3,236,535
23 Spectra Energy Corp Common Sto SE 8,407,324 12,044,887 -3,637,563 -30.2 1.3 4 2,222,029
24 Walt Disney Company (The) Comm DIS 54,704,489 58,297,071 -3,592,582 -6.2 3.0 5 11,814,278
25 iShares Trust iShares Dow Jone IYT 4,500,628 8,056,657 -3,556,029 -44.1 ... 5 981,703
26 Saks Incorporated Common Stock SKS 41,709,885 45,189,320 -3,479,435 -7.7 36.0 10 4,089,376
27 US Airways Group, Inc. New US LCC 29,758,359 33,186,994 -3,428,635 -10.3 18.5 2 15,323,564
28 Forest Laboratories, Inc. Clas FRX 4,490,417 7,831,398 -3,340,981 -42.7 1.5 1 7,843,528
29 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petr PBR 13,830,862 17,112,045 -3,281,183 -19.2 ... 1 12,021,348
30 Select Sector SPDR Trust (The) XLE 28,839,652 32,083,466 -3,243,814 -10.1 ... 2 16,289,029
31 PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fu UUP 7,451,475 10,488,518 -3,037,043 -29.0 ... 2 4,860,693
32 Redwood Trust, Inc. Common Sto RWT 4,016,223 7,026,490 -3,010,267 -42.8 5.2 7 567,087
33 Banco Santander Brasil SA Amer BSBR 7,003,180 9,994,252 -2,991,072 -29.9 ... 2 4,344,203
34 Chesapeake Energy Corporation CHK 32,787,176 35,695,976 -2,908,800 -8.1 5.1 3 12,788,625
35 Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Com PCG 5,884,312 8,758,846 -2,874,534 -32.8 1.6 3 1,809,977
36 Principal Financial Group Inc PFG 9,822,749 12,667,463 -2,844,714 -22.5 3.1 3 3,735,693
37 Terra Industries Inc. Common S TRA 1,115,210 3,958,234 -2,843,024 -71.8 1.2 0 2,674,198
38 Federal National Mortgage Asso FNM 120,010,639 122,836,168 -2,825,529 -2.3 10.8 2 51,808,109
39 Texas Instruments Incorporated TXN 22,022,824 24,692,468 -2,669,644 -10.8 1.8 2 13,876,931
40 Dow Chemical Company (The) Com DOW 16,938,374 19,584,819 -2,646,445 -13.5 1.5 2 7,760,114
41 Office Depot, Inc. Common Stoc ODP 28,095,771 30,703,570 -2,607,799 -8.5 10.3 7 4,248,211
42 United States Natural Gas Fund UNG 13,738,705 16,328,519 -2,589,814 -15.9 ... 0 35,299,068
43 JP Morgan Chase & Co. Common S JPM 27,886,560 30,401,335 -2,514,775 -8.3 0.7 1 32,469,652
44 Suntech Power Holdings Co., LT STP 14,874,331 17,344,830 -2,470,499 -14.2 ... 4 3,556,337
45 UBS AG Common Stock UBS 7,128,053 9,554,558 -2,426,505 -25.4 ... 1 5,546,150
46 Quicksilver Resources Inc. Com KWK 12,116,851 14,543,149 -2,426,298 -16.7 10.3 5 2,406,712
47 Sprint Nextel Corporation Com S 130,801,989 133,208,815 -2,406,826 -1.8 4.4 3 50,858,163
48 Aetna Inc. Common Stock AET 8,287,950 10,671,252 -2,383,302 -22.3 1.9 1 5,863,597
49 Titanium Metals Corporation Co TIE 8,339,163 10,607,821 -2,268,658 -21.4 9.8 2 3,452,291
50 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactu TSM 17,300,235 19,556,411 -2,256,176 -11.5 ... 1 13,166,405
Sources: FactSet Research Systems; WSJ Market Data Group
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Companies must have previous short shares of at least 500,000 to be included in this list.
Company Symbol 4/15/10 3/31/10 Chg % Chg % Float Days to
cover Avg daily
volume
1 BRF-Brasil Foods S.A. BRFS 6,633,409 1,287,719 5,345,690 415.1 ... 6 1,049,848
2 Natl Bk Greece Ads Common Stoc NBG 8,563,171 2,533,064 6,030,107 238.1 ... 1 14,022,634
3 Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. Com AIB 2,534,718 772,206 1,762,512 228.2 0.6 0 10,284,025
4 Shaw Communications Inc. Commo SJR 2,703,482 888,548 1,814,934 204.3 0.8 22 125,685
5 TAM S.A. TAM S.A. American Dep TAM 2,149,072 889,836 1,259,236 141.5 ... 2 1,318,834
6 Genpact Limited Common Stock G 3,197,567 1,518,264 1,679,303 110.6 2.5 3 948,487
7 Callon Petroleum Company Commo CPE 2,273,768 1,107,485 1,166,283 105.3 8.1 1 3,053,149
8 Resource Capital Corp. Resourc RSO 2,597,913 1,464,201 1,133,712 77.4 7.4 4 626,938
9 Eldorado Gold Corp Ltd Ordinar EGO 3,774,668 2,183,652 1,591,016 72.9 0.7 1 4,361,714
10 Arena Resources Inc Common Sto ARD 3,346,903 1,944,669 1,402,234 72.1 8.8 1 3,288,854
11 Giant Interactive Group Inc Am GA 970,747 569,676 401,071 70.4 ... 3 346,946
12 Companhia Siderurgica Nacional SID 7,267,753 4,285,389 2,982,364 69.6 ... 2 4,676,443
13 B & G Foods, Inc. B & G Foods, Inc BGS 1,439,919 860,407 579,512 67.4 3.1 6 244,646
14 iShares Trust (Barclays Global IWF 2,073,427 1,240,319 833,108 67.2 ... 1 2,741,391
15 iShares Trust (Barclays Global EWJ 29,312,186 17,706,623 11,605,563 65.5 ... 1 24,862,423
16 NorthWestern Corporation Commo NWE 2,448,252 1,512,076 936,176 61.9 6.8 3 899,369
17 Dolan Media Company Common Sto DM 2,114,019 1,328,879 785,140 59.1 7.6 3 703,604
18 Murphy Oil Corporation Common MUR 3,990,125 2,517,491 1,472,634 58.5 2.3 2 2,016,498
19 Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. Co SRZ 4,348,210 2,755,919 1,592,291 57.8 8.7 4 997,654
20 Sterling Bancorp Common Stock STL 1,055,217 673,011 382,206 56.8 4.4 4 256,527
21 Tyco International, Ltd. (Swit TYC 13,004,520 8,314,333 4,690,187 56.4 2.7 3 3,958,271
22 Norfolk Souther Corporation Co NSC 5,388,748 3,451,381 1,937,367 56.1 1.4 2 3,006,004
23 Owens & Minor, Inc. Common Sto OMI 5,647,049 3,619,396 2,027,653 56.0 9.1 12 454,759
24 Phillips-Van Heusen Corporatio PVH 3,094,347 1,989,090 1,105,257 55.6 6.1 3 893,162
25 Market Vectors Russia ETF RSX 5,257,603 3,395,315 1,862,288 54.8 ... 2 2,554,942
26 NYSE Euronext Common Stock NYX 9,865,311 6,501,817 3,363,494 51.7 3.8 2 4,113,640
27 Hersha Hospitality Trust Class HT 3,828,110 2,546,155 1,281,955 50.3 3.3 2 1,558,634
28 CKE Restaurants, Inc. Common S CKR 2,291,055 1,533,221 757,834 49.4 5.1 1 2,085,440
29 Mobile TeleSystems Common Stoc MBT 2,739,641 1,834,876 904,765 49.3 ... 2 1,274,052
30 Canadian Pacific Railway Limit CP 807,599 547,017 260,582 47.6 0.5 2 351,308
31 Boise Inc Boise Inc. BZ 3,465,768 2,358,266 1,107,502 47.0 5.1 1 2,398,377
32 Suncor Energy Inc. Common Sto SU 8,295,274 5,696,423 2,598,851 45.6 0.5 1 9,310,869
33 Eaton Corporation Common Stock ETN 5,218,613 3,601,744 1,616,869 44.9 3.2 3 2,039,722
34 Fluor Corporation Common Stock FLR 6,823,122 4,730,940 2,092,182 44.2 3.8 2 2,749,853
35 Greif Inc. Class A Common Stoc GEF 745,514 517,384 228,130 44.1 3.1 4 204,195
36 Arrow Electronics, Inc. Common ARW 1,391,750 966,679 425,071 44.0 1.2 2 813,141
37 Enterprise Products Partners L EPD 1,985,355 1,385,388 599,967 43.3 0.5 1 2,666,367
38 Huntsman Corporation Common St HUN 8,495,468 5,933,833 2,561,635 43.2 4.7 3 2,918,243
39 Dollar General Corporation Com DG 1,543,222 1,078,268 464,954 43.1 3.8 1 1,805,730
40 Celestica, Inc. Common Stock CLS 1,564,492 1,093,960 470,532 43.0 0.8 3 619,620
41 AMETEK, Inc. AME 1,799,979 1,262,026 537,953 42.6 1.7 6 323,268
42 Ford Motor Company Common Stoc F 258,530,744 182,004,206 76,526,538 42.0 7.8 2 103,884,926
43 iShares Trust (Barclays Global IWD 1,834,353 1,294,728 539,625 41.7 ... 1 1,826,069
44 HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. C HCC 1,514,950 1,069,902 445,048 41.6 1.3 2 846,035
45 Southwestern Energy Company Co SWN 9,342,118 6,625,157 2,716,961 41.0 2.8 2 5,337,958
46 TIM Participacoes S.A. Common TSU 2,109,468 1,502,459 607,009 40.4 ... 6 347,732
47 PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II PFN 838,454 597,924 240,530 40.2 ... 2 370,997
48 Cameco Corporation Common Stoc CCJ 4,814,943 3,434,009 1,380,934 40.2 1.2 3 1,880,560
49 iShares Trust (Barclays Global EWQ 1,619,674 1,157,051 462,623 40.0 ... 5 323,223
50 Teradata Corporation Common St TDC 2,676,255 1,912,786 763,469 39.9 1.6 2 1,754,197
Sources: FactSet Research Systems; WSJ Market Data Group
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Companies must have previous short shares of at least 500,000 to be included in this list.
Company Symbol 4/15/10 3/31/10 Chg % Chg % Float Days to
cover Avg daily
volume
1 ProShares UltraShort Basic Mat SMN 168,791 1,227,454 -1,058,663 -86.2 ... 0 508,241
2 PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fu PBW 294,992 1,615,547 -1,320,555 -81.7 ... 1 433,818
3 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fu FXO 326,705 1,553,289 -1,226,584 -79.0 ... 2 205,765
4 ProShares Ultra Financials UYG 2,986,415 13,886,673 -10,900,258 -78.5 ... 1 2,053,835
5 iShares Trust iShares Barclays SHV 307,084 1,280,232 -973,148 -76.0 ... 1 491,090
6 iShares S & P GSTI Networking In IGN 190,331 678,087 -487,756 -71.9 ... 3 60,881
7 Terra Industries Inc. Common S TRA 1,115,210 3,958,234 -2,843,024 -71.8 1.2 0 2,674,198
8 ProShares Ultra Real Estate URE 2,384,504 8,405,931 -6,021,427 -71.6 ... 1 3,192,943
9 ProShares UltraShort FTSE/Xinh FXP 643,779 2,038,595 -1,394,816 -68.4 ... 1 996,239
10 iShares iShares Dow Jones U.S. IAT 483,588 1,512,531 -1,028,943 -68.0 ... 3 164,667
11 ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas DUG 347,210 1,025,110 -677,900 -66.1 ... 0 726,245
12 PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fu DBV 184,900 540,985 -356,085 -65.8 ... 1 124,211
13 VANGUARD INDEX TRUST Vanguard VTV 359,384 997,631 -638,247 -64.0 ... 1 273,272
14 ProShares UltraShort Real Esta SRS 2,587,534 6,318,216 -3,730,682 -59.0 ... 1 3,236,535
15 Unilever PLC Common Stock UL 855,764 2,039,005 -1,183,241 -58.0 ... 1 1,194,149
16 ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emer EEV 684,010 1,597,875 -913,865 -57.2 ... 2 449,802
17 Rydex ETF Trust Rydex ETF Trus RZV 335,783 746,028 -410,245 -55.0 ... 2 136,977
18 Direxion Daily Technology Bear TYP 314,107 692,631 -378,524 -54.7 ... 0 684,420
19 Vanguard International Equity VWO 7,413,051 16,277,763 -8,864,712 -54.5 ... 0 15,174,137
20 VANGUARD INDEX TRUST Vanguard VUG 333,543 685,719 -352,176 -51.4 ... 1 284,430
21 iShares Trust (Barclays Global IWV 598,957 1,198,947 -599,990 -50.0 ... 1 559,903
22 ProShares UltraShort Russell20 TWM 1,825,740 3,582,226 -1,756,486 -49.0 ... 0 6,518,731
23 Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear TZA 1,886,034 3,670,028 -1,783,994 -48.6 ... 0 25,029,261
24 MSC Industrial Direct Company, MSM 962,476 1,843,680 -881,204 -47.8 2.2 2 553,404
25 Crane Company Common Stock CR 576,668 1,074,288 -497,620 -46.3 1.2 2 281,240
26 Everest Re Group, Ltd. Common RE 482,778 897,276 -414,498 -46.2 0.8 1 418,886
27 Bway Holding Company Bway Hold BWY 303,844 553,313 -249,469 -45.1 2.7 1 316,539
28 iShares Trust iShares Dow Jone IYT 4,500,628 8,056,657 -3,556,029 -44.1 ... 5 981,703
29 ProShares Ultra Russell2000 UWM 1,954,800 3,471,903 -1,517,103 -43.7 ... 1 1,903,007
30 Redwood Trust, Inc. Common Sto RWT 4,016,223 7,026,490 -3,010,267 -42.8 5.2 7 567,087
31 Forest Laboratories, Inc. Clas FRX 4,490,417 7,831,398 -3,340,981 -42.7 1.5 1 7,843,528
32 Siemens AG American Depository SI 499,297 831,116 -331,819 -39.9 ... 1 496,664
33 iShares Trust (Barclays Global IVE 395,795 651,018 -255,223 -39.2 ... 1 474,164
34 PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fu PHO 453,313 742,597 -289,284 -39.0 ... 2 288,069
35 JPMorgan Chase Capital XVI JP AMJ 751,398 1,223,766 -472,368 -38.6 ... 2 419,647
36 iShares Trust S & P Latin Americ ILF 452,062 734,880 -282,818 -38.5 ... 0 1,909,919
37 iShares Trust (Barclays Global IYM 3,488,821 5,667,822 -2,179,001 -38.4 ... 2 1,530,014
38 Canadian Imperial Bank of Comm CM 323,211 524,265 -201,054 -38.3 0.1 2 159,833
39 CF Industries Holdings, Inc. C CF 2,438,899 3,948,619 -1,509,720 -38.2 5.0 1 2,065,690
40 Direxion Daily Large Cap Bear BGZ 963,958 1,558,486 -594,528 -38.1 ... 0 4,242,673
41 Kraft Foods Inc. Common Stock KFT 26,363,360 42,335,982 -15,972,622 -37.7 1.5 3 9,755,702
42 Sempra Energy Common Stock SRE 2,556,723 4,052,617 -1,495,894 -36.9 1.0 2 1,573,309
43 Unilever NV Common Stock UN 1,836,218 2,849,327 -1,013,109 -35.6 ... 1 1,719,515
44 iShares Trust (Barclays Global IYE 483,608 748,856 -265,248 -35.4 ... 2 307,906
45 PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fu PBS 533,619 823,453 -289,834 -35.2 ... 6 85,333
46 Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. JEC 3,800,681 5,818,281 -2,017,600 -34.7 3.1 1 2,558,098
47 Arbor Realty Trust Common Stoc ABR 1,213,457 1,844,488 -631,031 -34.2 6.9 3 383,666
48 Talbots, Inc. (The) Common Sto TLB 12,497,674 18,859,861 -6,362,187 -33.7 35.0 2 5,231,811
49 Montpelier RE Holdings Ltd Com MRH 2,785,216 4,200,215 -1,414,999 -33.7 4.0 5 604,822
50 Market Vectors Agribusiness ET MOO 406,763 609,812 -203,049 -33.3 ... 1 547,342
Sources: FactSet Research Systems; WSJ Market Data Group
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Companies where shares shorted represent the largest percentage of float.
Company Symbol 4/15/10 3/31/10 Chg % Chg % Float Days to
cover Avg daily
volume
1 Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea C GAP 14,868,633 14,261,437 607,196 4.3 58.5 18 821,499
2 Barnes & Noble, Inc. Common St BKS 11,297,251 11,252,371 44,880 0.4 39.7 17 647,042
3 Saks Incorporated Common Stock SKS 41,709,885 45,189,320 -3,479,435 -7.7 36.0 10 4,089,376
4 Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Cl HOV 18,000,488 18,264,200 -263,712 -1.4 35.8 7 2,647,015
5 Talbots, Inc. (The) Common Sto TLB 12,497,674 18,859,861 -6,362,187 -33.7 35.0 2 5,231,811
6 Titan International, Inc. Comm TWI 10,776,345 10,420,503 355,842 3.4 33.6 14 791,312
7 First BanCorp. Common Stock FBP 22,554,081 20,097,191 2,456,890 12.2 33.4 4 6,097,771
8 Buckle, Inc. (The) Common Stoc BKE 8,476,007 8,124,063 351,944 4.3 32.6 15 571,407
9 Cabela's Inc Class A Common St CAB 13,142,053 12,939,551 202,502 1.6 32.4 26 513,969
10 Sandridge Energy Inc. Common S SD 43,029,368 39,647,104 3,382,264 8.5 31.8 3 17,011,404
11 W Holding Company Incorporated WHI 733,099 689,999 43,100 6.2 31.2 4 172,385
12 MF Global Holdings Ltd Common MF 28,947,544 27,420,018 1,527,526 5.6 30.5 7 4,117,624
13 Goodrich Petroleum Corporation GDP 7,306,066 8,082,708 -776,642 -9.6 29.9 5 1,388,124
14 iStar Financial Inc. Common St SFI 23,932,586 21,571,814 2,360,772 10.9 29.7 8 2,938,085
15 MGIC Investment Corporation Co MTG 30,189,259 29,979,718 209,541 0.7 29.2 5 6,100,943
16 MGM Mirage Common Stock MGM 73,076,739 73,600,426 -523,687 -0.7 29.1 2 46,737,659
17 Jackson Hewitt Tax Services Co JTX 7,811,872 7,661,391 150,481 2.0 28.7 5 1,491,445
18 DSW Inc. Common Stock DSW 4,202,988 4,343,481 -140,493 -3.2 28.5 15 271,595
19 Alliance Data Systems Corporat ADS 14,639,253 15,351,527 -712,274 -4.6 28.4 17 837,143
20 Life Time Fitness Common Stock LTM 10,396,634 10,406,137 -9,503 -0.1 28.4 29 364,220
21 Bridgepoint Education, Inc. BPI 5,409,336 5,704,981 -295,645 -5.2 27.8 17 327,672
22 DineEquity, Inc Common Stock DIN 4,044,572 4,207,376 -162,804 -3.9 27.7 18 228,595
23 Western Refining Inc. Western WNR 14,322,177 14,780,418 -458,241 -3.1 27.6 5 2,636,478
24 Dole Food Company, Inc Common DOLE 9,361,088 9,227,713 133,375 1.4 26.0 43 215,690
25 China Green Agriculture, Inc. CGA 2,944,716 2,762,994 181,722 6.6 26.0 9 326,125
26 Liz Claiborne, Inc. Common Sto LIZ 23,980,578 23,958,367 22,211 0.1 25.5 11 2,138,873
27 American International Group, AIG 30,345,869 34,617,181 -4,271,312 -12.3 25.2 1 23,343,861
28 Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. PPD 2,054,789 2,030,803 23,986 1.2 25.0 14 142,780
29 Intrepid Potash, Inc Common St IPI 10,932,739 11,662,151 -729,412 -6.3 24.5 9 1,284,776
30 Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. C RGR 4,525,819 3,882,868 642,951 16.6 24.1 16 278,033
31 Landry's Restaurants, Inc. Com LNY 1,743,393 1,739,067 4,326 0.2 23.9 75 23,272
32 Emeritus Corporation Common St ESC 5,242,956 5,213,772 29,184 0.6 23.8 67 78,040
33 Texas Industries, Inc. Common TXI 5,495,835 5,844,143 -348,308 -6.0 23.8 21 267,505
34 MEDIFAST INC Common Stock MED 3,147,931 2,954,848 193,083 6.5 23.5 5 659,679
35 American Dairy, Inc. Common St ADY 2,222,683 2,277,409 -54,726 -2.4 23.4 14 155,958
36 Group 1 Automotive, Inc. Commo GPI 5,427,988 5,084,960 343,028 6.7 23.1 16 347,061
37 Ambac Financial Group, Inc. Co ABK 65,321,333 60,395,046 4,926,287 8.2 22.9 0 172,429,826
38 Netsuite Inc Common Stock N 4,143,946 4,136,178 7,768 0.2 22.7 39 106,303
39 Boyd Gaming Corporation Common BYD 11,893,773 11,600,022 293,751 2.5 22.0 5 2,538,795
40 Monster Worldwide, Inc. Common MWW 25,584,907 25,390,641 194,266 0.8 21.7 7 3,413,941
41 Genco Shipping & Trading Limit GNK 5,917,619 4,648,013 1,269,606 27.3 21.7 5 1,311,436
42 HHGregg, Inc. Common Stock HGG 3,980,395 3,752,646 227,749 6.1 21.6 14 288,206
43 GMX Resources, Inc. Common Sto GMXR 6,067,353 7,380,148 -1,312,795 -17.8 21.5 3 1,761,103
44 ArvinMeritor, Inc. Common Stoc ARM 18,187,487 17,697,250 490,237 2.8 21.1 7 2,704,771
45 BankAtlantic Bancorp, Inc. New BBX 5,149,793 5,278,679 -128,886 -2.4 21.1 3 1,596,143
46 McClatchy Company (The) Common MNI 12,073,512 11,404,366 669,146 5.9 20.8 9 1,382,067
47 Sonic Automotive, Inc. Common SAH 7,290,020 7,357,185 -67,165 -0.9 20.8 11 662,945
48 Eastman Kodak Company Common S EK 54,861,077 52,252,275 2,608,802 5.0 20.6 3 16,465,891
49 Regency Centers Corporation Co REG 16,274,567 16,718,976 -444,409 -2.7 20.4 16 996,421
50 Solarwinds, Inc. Common Stock SWI 6,167,491 5,905,790 261,701 4.4 20.4 12 513,790
Sources: FactSet Research Systems; WSJ Market Data Group
