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Stocks with the largest increase in demand to short last week

Mar. 21, 2011 9:20 AM ETCASB, CBPO, NYMXF, VGR, CAGC, ABAT-OLD, MEOH, PCY, NAVB, QTWW, CCME, IXN, AVNR, ROME, SHZ, PABK, ATL, JHTXQ, ATLC, CONN, FMFC, EDUC, TCI, SOMX, FFHS, CFW
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Many of the names on the list below should be familiar because they've been expensive to borrow for a while now. However, as they continue to increase in cost-to-borrow, this indicates that the demand to short these stocks continues to outpace the available supply of shares to borrow. Short sellers must be careful with short positions in such crowded trades.

Name Ticker Change in cost-to-borrow (bps)
CASCADE FINL CORP CASB 3,626
CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODS INC CBPO 3,325
NYMOX PHARMACEUTICAL CORP NYMX 2,391
VECTOR GROUP LTD VGR 2,191
CHINA AGRITECH INC CAGC 2,137
ADVANCED BATTERY TECHNOLOG I ABAT 2,111
METHANEX CORP MEOH 2,080
HSW INTERNATIONAL INC HSWI 1,975
POWERSHARES GLOBAL ETF TRUST PCY 1,882
NEOPROBE CORP NEOP 1,647
QUANTUM FUEL SYS TECH WORLDW QTWW 1,636
CHINA MEDIAEXPRESS HLDGS INC CCME 1,604
ISHARES TR IXN 1,424
TIDELANDS BANCSHARES INC TDBK 1,422
AVANIR PHARMACEUTICALS INC AVNR 1,361
ROME BANCORP INC NEW ROME 1,356
CHINA SHEN ZHOU MNG & RES IN SHZ 1,295
WAKITA & CO 8125 1,272
KOKEN LTD 7963 1,187
BANK OF KOCHI LTD 8416 1,126
AMERICAN SPECTRUM REALTY INC AQQ 1,101
PAB BANKSHARES INC PABK 1,093
ANOORAQ RES CORP ANO 1,050
JACKSON HEWITT TAX SVCS INC JTX 1,044
COMPUCREDIT HLDGS CORP CCRT 1,014
MEIKO NETWORK JPN 4668 921
CONNS INC CONN 879
FIRST M & F CORP FMFC 844
SRI SPORTS LIMITED 7825 837
MARCHE CORP 7524 830
ADTEC PLASMA TECHN NPV 6668 818
GRO-BELS CO LTD 3528 818
FISCO LTD TOKYO 3807 818
RION CO LTD 6823 818
PETROLIFERA PETE LTD PDP.TSX 818
EDUCATIONAL DEV CORP EDUC 813
VERISIGN JAPAN KK 3722 772
SUSSEX BANCORP SBBX 764
TRANSCONTINENTAL RLTY INVS TCI 760
KOGI CORPORATION 5603 749
FORMATION METALS INC NEW FCO.TSX 747
JMS CO LTD 7702 740
VANTEC CORP 9382 726
SOMAXON PHARMACEUTICALS INC SOMX 682
HORIZONS BETAPRO OIL BEAR ET HOD.TSX 676
FIRST FRANKLIN CORP FFHS 674
DAI-DAN CO LTD 1980 637
CANO PETE INC CFW 632
TL HOLDINGS CORP 3777 624

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