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Short sales on S&P 500 stocks fall to 5.6% of shares available, according to Bespoke. It's...

Monday, March 4, 7:51 AM ET
Short sales on S&P 500 stocks fall to 5.6% of shares available, according to Bespoke. It's the lowest ratio since at least 2007 and compares to a record 12% amid the financial crisis. "When you have a market where investors are all in, there will no longer be short covering," says one money manager.

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GaltMachine Comments (914)

Lots of interesting contrarian signals out there.

4 Mar, 08:17 AM Reply Like

lo574 Comments (35)

zerohedge and dshort need to crank up the bear mobile; we need more shorts for fuel to head higher. *lol*

4 Mar, 08:52 AM Reply Like

uli35 Comments (31)

agree with GaltMachine

What's one to do as a decent speculator?

4 Mar, 10:33 AM Reply Like

Loneflycaster Comments (10)

There was a top in the stock market in 2007, so logically there is a top already formed or forming.

Contrarily, is it time to short? My work say it is.

4 Mar, 01:20 PM Reply Like

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