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’Na-kheeled over
Here’s an updated version of short interest in that Nakheel sukuk — courtesy of Data Explorers:
The thing to focus on here is not necessarily the spike in active utilisation in November but the slow decline in lendable quantity.
Lloyds short squeeze?
The chart below, from Data Explorers, shows that the mammoth short-selling interest in Lloyds Banking Group shows no sign of shrinking ahead of the restructuring it is expected to announce later this week:
Lucky escape for Cadbury shorts
This chart, from Data Explorers, shows the Kraft approach hasn’t left too many Cadbury shorts caught in a sticky situation.
Those who got out back in May must be shaking with relief.
British Airways pension tension
As FT Alphaville noted last week, the percentage of British Airways’ shares on loan has been climbing, making it the short-sellers’ favourite airline.
One theory behind the rise is that the carrier’s pension deficit will not make for happy reading when its trustees publish the results of their triennial revaluation sometime in September.
BA burns
British Airways is the only airline of nine carriers canvassed by Data Explorers to have experienced an increase in its short interest since June.
