Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 31st, investors have sold 400 shares of NXC short. Learn More on Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's current short interest.

Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio saw a decrease in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 400 shares, a decrease of 87.1% 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 Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio'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 Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio: BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. (0.00%), Gladstone Capital Co. (0.85%), BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Fund, Inc. (0.00%), MFS Multimarket Income Trust (0.00%), Source Capital, Inc. (0.00%), ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited (0.00%), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. (0.00%), Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc. (0.00%), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc. (0.00%), and Horizon Technology Finance Co. (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Square, Inc. ($9.81 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($7.52 billion), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($7.18 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($6.21 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($4.60 billion), Zoom Video Communications, Inc. ($3.23 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($3.11 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($2.74 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.52 billion), and Etsy, Inc. ($2.16 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling NXC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio as its price is falling. Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's stock is trading down $0.04 today. To short Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 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 Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 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 California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 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 NXC, 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 NXC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2021.