On September 10th, 2001, the stock market was shaken by terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) plunged 684 points, the largest one-day point decline in history. It’s natural to wonder what stocks were most heavily shorted on September 10th. After all, if you knew which stocks […]
What Stocks Were Shorted Before 911
In the days leading up to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, a number of stocks were sold short in unusually high volumes. These stocks were apparently targeted by investors who anticipated that the share prices would decline in the aftermath of the attacks. The list of stocks that were sold short before September […]
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What Stocks Were Shorted On 9.10.2001
On September 10, 2001, the most shorted stocks on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) were as follows: 1. Enron Corporation 2. Global Crossing Ltd. 3. Adelphia Communications Corporation 4. Tyco International Ltd. 5. WorldCom, Inc. These five stocks were the most shorted on the NYSE on September 10, 2001, and all five of them […]
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