short interest

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short interest

The total number of stocks, securities, or commodity shares in an account or in the market generally that have been sold short and not yet repurchased. Also called short account, short position.

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short account short position			Vetsuypens () We propose the change in short interest as a new metric of the signaling strength of a corporate event. Are stock splits credible signals? Evidence from short-interest data by Kadiyala, Padma; Vetsuypens, Michael R. / Financial Management For a bit of a recap, I've listed the sentiment indicators that I was looking at on October 12 below: Sentiment Rundown for CY from October 12: Percent of analysts tracked by Zacks who rate the stock with a "buy": 25% * Number of analysts tracked by Zacks: 12 * Short interest as a percent of float: 8. Schaeffer's Midday Options Update Features Cypress Semiconductor by Business Wire If the stock continues to display solid price action but still boasts a hefty short-interest ratio, declining short interest indicates that the bears are beginning to head toward the exits but a significant number of shorted shares remains. Schaeffer's Market Observation Features OSI Pharmaceuticals by Business Wire			shoring shoring up Shorl Shorling shorn short short account short and sweet short aria short bill short bone short circuit short column short corner short covering short crust short cut short distance navigational aid short division short fuse short game short gastric artery short haul short head short hundredweight short interest short iron short jenny short leg short letter short line short list Short meter short metre Short money short odds short order short pants short pastry short position Short rib short ribs short sale short saphenous vein short scope buoy Short sea short selling short shrift short sight short sleep short sleeve			Short Haul Data Service short hauls short hauls Short head short heads Short hedge Short Hedges Short Hedging Short Herbage and Scattered Faeces Short history of the Daleks Short Hoggers of Whittinghame Short Hold Mode Short Holding Time Short Hop Double Laser Short Horn Zebu short hundredweight short hundredweight Short I Short in Front Long in Back Short in front, long in back short increment sensitivity index short increment sensitivity index short increment sensitivity index short increment sensitivity index short increment sensitivity index short increment sensitivity index Short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire Short inhibiting DNA short ink Short Inter-Frame Space short interest Short interest ratio Short interest theory Short Interframe Space short interspersed elements Short interspersed nuclear element Short Interspersed Nuclear Element Sequence Class Short interspersed nucleotide elements Short interspersed nucleotide elements Short interspersed nucleotide elements Short Interval Production Schedule Short Interval Successive Partial Hepatectomy short iron Short Jacket short jenny Short Job Focused Training short keep Short Landing Short Latency Nonprimary Responses Short Latency Stretch Reflex Short Latency Visual Evoked Potential Short Leap Shared Protection Short Leap Shared Protection for spare capacity Re-Allocation short leg short leg short leg Short Leg Cast Short Leg Walking Cast Short Legs Short Legs Short Legs

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