Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Value Fund (NEV) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Value Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 15th, traders have sold 35,700 shares of NEV short. Learn More on Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Value Fund's current short interest.

Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Value Fund saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 35,700 shares, an increase of 30.3% from the previous total of 27,400 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.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.79 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($3.41 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($2.55 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($2.21 billion), HP Inc. ($2.14 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.81 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.60 billion), Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. ($1.58 billion), Lumen Technologies, Inc. ($1.56 billion), and Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.55 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling NEV is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Value Fund as its price is falling. 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 Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Value 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 NEV, 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 NEV, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2022.