Thursday, December 29, 2011

Top 10 Specialty Finance Stocks with Highest Short Interest: SFI, CYS, TAL, CISG, HTS, AGM, TWO, AYR, RRR, NCT (Dec 29, 2011)

Below are the top 10 Specialty Finance stocks with the highest short interest
as a percentage of total shares outstanding. Stocks with very low market caps
are excluded. Significant Short Covering can cause these stocks to rise sharply
. One Chinese company (CISG) is on the list. iStar Financial Inc. (NYSE:SFI) has
the 1st highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest
is 24.5% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 19.86, calculated
as current short interest divided by average daily volume. CYS Investments Inc
(NYSE:CYS) has the 2nd highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its
short interest is 15.7% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is
11.58, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. TAL
International Group, Inc. (NYSE:TAL) has the 3rd highest short interest in this
segment of the market. Its short interest is 10.0% of its total shares
outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 11.42, calculated as current short interest
divided by average daily volume. CNinsure Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:CISG) has the 4th
highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 7.7%
of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 11.09, calculated as
current short interest divided by average daily volume. Hatteras Financial Corp.
(NYSE:HTS) has the 5th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its
short interest is 5.1% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is
5.04, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. (NYSE:AGM) has the 6th highest short
interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 4.7% of its total
shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 7.42, calculated as current short
interest divided by average daily volume. Two Harbors Investment Corp (NYSE:TWO)
has the 7th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short
interest is 4.5% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 3.59,
calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Aircastle
Limited (NYSE:AYR) has the 8th highest short interest in this segment of the
market. Its short interest is 4.4% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to
Cover is 7.45, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily
volume. RSC Holdings Inc. (NYSE:RRR) has the 9th highest short interest in this
segment of the market. Its short interest is 4.4% of its total shares
outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 5.35, calculated as current short interest
divided by average daily volume. Newcastle Investment Corp. (NYSE:NCT) has the
10th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is
3.9% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 4.24, calculated as
current short interest divided by average daily volume.

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