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Merck Short Base Rising
Jun 10, 2009 07:53 AM UTC

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Symbol	Sentiment	Start	Return	Closed
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PFE	n/a
VRX	n/a
JNJ	n/a
MRK	n/a

Via Short Stock Ideas from Seeking Alpha:

Merck & Co. Inc (MRK) the global research-driven pharmaceutical company has seen its short base (as measured by Percent Shares Outstanding on Loan) increase by 57% over the past month to 5.33%.

Pharmaceutical giants Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Pfizer Inc. (PFE) have lower short bases of 0.73% and 1.41% respectively. On the other hand two of the more popular shorts are Mylan Inc. (MYL) with a short base of 25.40% and Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inc. (VRX) with 13.85%.

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