The Korea Fund (KF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of The Korea Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 31st, traders have sold 9,800 shares of KF short. Learn More on The Korea Fund's current short interest.

The Korea Fund saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 9,800 shares, an increase of 28.9% from the previous total of 7,600 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies compare to The Korea Fund: John Hancock Investors Trust (0.05%), High Income Securities Fund (0.00%), MFS High Income Municipal Trust (0.20%), Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (0.06%), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc. (0.50%), DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (0.63%), PCM Fund Inc. (0.11%), MFS Government Markets Income Trust (0.05%), SuRo Capital Corp. (0.21%), Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (8.89%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: TC Energy Co. ($4.49 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.94 billion), General Motors ($3.34 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.32 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.21 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.13 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.08 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.28 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.24 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.14 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling KF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from The Korea Fund as its price is falling. KF shares are trading down $0.25 today. To short a 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 a stock 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 Korea 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 KF, 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 KF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2024.