RE:Huge Increase in Short Position …deal will not close
"Whopping" - you are a bit hysterical. 469M shares outstanding. And did we really have to see back to 2010?
may just be bets agains gold - i suspect the shorts on most golds increased significantly over the last couple of weeks with a crazy run up.
it also does not make sense that CXB isn't tracking GDXJ like they did prior to the deal but underperforming. Increased short position there - i figure that's just arbitrage as MOZ is 1-4 cents below the ratio with CXB.
"the market can stay illogical longer than you can stay solvent" as the saying goes.
tC