August 1, 2008
Fourteen of the most heavily shorted ETFs have short interest numbers that well exceed their respective shares outstanding. The SP Retail ETF (XRT) has a short interest figure that is more than 6 times its shares outstanding.
(My Comment: Is this another form of "abusive naked shorting'? How would the SEC explain this?)
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