Percentage of shorts to outstanding sharesPerhaps we should be looking at the comparison of shorts as a percentage of
outstanding shares. This is a comparison for the top 20 shorts in volume of shares.
Below; is the percentages of total shorted shares to the outstanding no. of shares.
Norbord Inc. 13.82%
Canwest Global 13.37%
Northern Orion 12.89%
Celestica Inc SV 12.79%
Ishares CDN S&P/TSX 10.44%
Abitibi-Consolidated 10.35%
CGI Group 9.66%
Rogers Communication 6.81%
Bombardier Cl "B" 6.75%
Research In Motion 6.66%
Cameco Corp. 5.84%
Kinross Gold 5.23%
Nortel Networks 4.97%
Iamgold Corp. 4.71%
Domtar Corp. 3.54%
CDN Imperial Bank 3.35%
BCE Inc. 2.08%
Royal Bank 1.70%
Bank of Nova Scotia 1.16%
Manulife Financial 0.89%