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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (8901)	7/5/1998 6:27:00 PM
From: Sonki	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

does any one have link to # of shorts this week in this stock. last week it was 9m out of 19m.

To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (8901)	7/5/1998 6:40:00 PM
From: umbro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

AMZN short interest report, courtesy: viwes.com (nice site, very accessible - does searches/charts on the NASDAQ's short interest database) Ticker Company Name Month Shares Short Avg Daily Volume Ratio* AMZN Amazon.com 06/98 8,745,144 2,073,044 4.22 (2-1 split) 05/98 8,625,816 2,347,938 3.67 04/98 6,785,588 1,656,824 4.10 03/98 7,130,964 1,746,636 4.08 02/98 6,445,102 932,376 6.91 01/98 5,975,670 728,894 8.24 Reading the description of reporting dates, this data is as of 6/15/98, and the volumes above have been adjusted for the split in late May, early June. Assuming that the float figure I'm using (15.7 mil. float, post split) is correct -- then half the float in AMZN was short in mid-June. Kinda explains why the short sellers were having trouble finding more stock to short (after some mutual funds hold AMZN long, and that effectively reduces the float, until they sell).