BlackRock MuniHoldings Investment Quality Fund Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of BlackRock MuniHoldings Investment Quality Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of January 29th, investors have sold 26,100 shares of MFL short.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Investment Quality Fund saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 26,100 shares, an increase of 100.8% from the previous total of 13,000 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 BlackRock MuniHoldings Investment Quality 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 BlackRock MuniHoldings Investment Quality Fund: Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. (0.00%), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (0.00%), Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. (0.00%), Hercules Capital, Inc. (0.00%), Royce Value Trust Inc. (0.00%), The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc. (0.00%), Tri-Continental Co. (0.00%), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (0.00%), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Co. (0.00%), and Boulder Growth & Income Fund, Inc. (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Aon Plc ($5.34 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.03 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($4.99 billion), DuPont de Nemours, Inc. ($4.72 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($4.57 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.87 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($3.58 billion), Futu Holdings Limited ($2.75 billion), Snowflake Inc. ($2.43 billion), and Palantir Technologies Inc. ($2.18 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling MFL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BlackRock MuniHoldings Investment Quality Fund as its price is falling. BlackRock MuniHoldings Investment Quality Fund's stock is trading up $0.19 today. To short BlackRock MuniHoldings Investment Quality 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 BlackRock MuniHoldings Investment Quality 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 BlackRock MuniHoldings Investment Quality 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 MFL, 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 MFL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 29 2021.