NYSE Short Interest Nears Record, Pre-Lehman Level

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zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / 02/21/2016 21:00 -0500

In the last two months, NYSE Short Interest has risen 4.5%, back over 18 billion shares near the historical record highs of July 2008 (and up 7 of the last 9 months).

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There are two very different perspectives on could take when looking at this data…

• Either a central bank intervenes, or a massive forced buy-in event occurs, and unleashes the mother of all short squeezes, sending the S&P500 to new all time highs, or
• Just as the record short interest in July 2008 correctly predicted the biggest financial crisis in history and all those shorts covered at a huge profit, so another historic market collapse is just around the corner.

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