Invesco Bond Fund (VBF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Invesco Bond Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, investors have sold 8,200 shares of VBF short. Learn More on Invesco Bond Fund's current short interest.

Invesco Bond Fund saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 8,200 shares, an increase of 22.4% from the previous total of 6,700 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 in the industry of "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" compare to Invesco Bond Fund: Insight Select Income Fund (0.01%), The Gabelli Multimedia Trust Inc. (0.40%), Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (0.02%), Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund (0.10%), Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (0.02%), The New America High Income Fund Inc. (0.05%), BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund (0.08%), Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (0.06%), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (0.11%), Oxford Square Capital Corp. (3.49%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Enbridge Inc. ($4.29 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($4.17 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.07 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.81 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.37 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.27 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.98 billion), Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($1.94 billion), Extra Space Storage Inc. ($1.88 billion), and Xylem Inc. ($1.61 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling VBF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Invesco Bond Fund as its price is falling. VBF shares are trading down $0.04 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 Invesco Bond Fund occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of VBF, 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 VBF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2023.