The New America High Income Fund Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of The New America High Income Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 15th, traders have sold 6,800 shares of HYB short.

The New America High Income Fund saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,800 shares, an increase of 119.4% from the previous total of 3,100 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment.

0.00% of The New America High Income Fund's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" compare to The New America High Income Fund: SLR Investment Corp. (0.29%), Templeton Dragon Fund, Inc. (0.00%), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (0.00%), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (0.00%), Templeton Global Income Fund (0.00%), Invesco Municipal Trust (0.00%), BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. (0.00%), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (0.00%), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc. (0.00%), and BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc. (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Aon plc ($5.64 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.59 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.47 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($4.95 billion), Baidu, Inc. ($3.51 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.18 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($2.38 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.28 billion), Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.24 billion), and Bilibili Inc. ($2.06 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling HYB is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from The New America High Income Fund as its price is falling. The New America High Income Fund's stock is trading up $0.01 today. To short The New America High Income Fund stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that The New America High Income Fund will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit.

A short squeeze for The New America High Income Fund occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of HYB, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including HYB, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2021.