NYSE Stocks with the Highest Short Interest

The NYSE recently released its mid-month short interest data, and below we highlight the stocks in the index with the highest short interest as a percentage of equity float. As shown, 98.95% of NFI's float is short. The stock is down 96.95% year to date. The top of the list is mostly made up of homebuilders and mortgage related companies. Non-credit crunch related companies on the list include (LNY), (HZO), (CMG), (BBI), (HW), (VMW) and (BIG).