Between GE, C, and BAC, they have 21 billion shares.
Pay attention to the Avg days vol on each and the groos short %....there is a huge disconnect between the contrivances we see, and the data of these 3.Ours is Contrivance, this is classic distribution.
Copied here is the key share data on each from Yahoo.
recorded for future reference.
BAC
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3: 279,046,000
Average Volume (10 day)3: 448,598,000
Shares Outstanding5: 5.02B
Float: 4.98B
% Held by Insiders1: 0.57%
% Held by Institutions1: 49.20%
Shares Short (as of 10-Feb-09)3: 111.63M
Short Ratio (as of 10-Feb-09)3: 0.3
Short % of Float (as of 10-Feb-09)3: 2.20%
Shares Short (prior month)3: 96.29M
C
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3: 270,060,000
Average Volume (10 day)3: 674,030,000
Shares Outstanding5: 5.45B
Float: 5.40B
% Held by Insiders1: 1.25%
% Held by Institutions1: 59.10%
Shares Short (as of 10-Feb-09)3: 182.22M
Short Ratio (as of 10-Feb-09)3: 0.8
Short % of Float (as of 10-Feb-09)3: 3.50%
Shares Short (prior month)3: 180.98M
GE
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3: 142,971,000
Average Volume (10 day)3: 327,026,000
Shares Outstanding5: 10.56B
Float: 10.51B
% Held by Insiders1: 0.05%
% Held by Institutions1: 56.60%
Shares Short (as of 10-Feb-09)3: 166.14M
Short Ratio (as of 10-Feb-09)3: 1.1
Short % of Float (as of 10-Feb-09)3: 1.60%
Shares Short (prior month)3: 167.97M |
