Ian: Short Interest debt is like a loan. For a better understanding what happens I made QCOM table as well. Only difference is RH column is change in short loan as debit. QCOM shorts last paydown of their debt was in DEC 98. I like to know QCOM NOV Short Interest value. Oct number with formattng is $3.1 Billion
Month Short Price Value of Change of Shorts Interest Short position Debt Position Oct-99 14,273,278 222 3168667716 -580960836 Sep-99 15,683,072 165 2587706880 -131661897 Aug-99 16,707,789 147 2456044983 -239498280 Jul-99 15,078,549 147 2216546703 -159834903 Jun-99 18,697,380 110 2056711800 -20266724 May-99 19,211,746 106 2036445076 -603900116 Apr-99 17,906,812 80 1432544960 -769216480 Mar-99 16,583,212 40 663328480 -119693872 Feb-99 16,473,776 33 543634608 -69092374 Jan-99 15,307,814 31 474542234 -63318174 Dec-98 15,816,310 26 411224060 11009440 Nov-98 16,239,750 26 422233500 -107028372 Oct-98 7504884 42 315205128 39453220 Sep-98 8060417 44 354658348 113086132 Aug-98 8064560 58 467744480 88917472 Jul-98 9940392 56 556661952 -22214796 Jun-98 10479356 51 534447156 N/A |