Bank Short Interest Highlights: Month Ending July 14, 1995

+++ Most Shares Sold Short

Institution Position

1 U.S. Bancorp 5,937,291

2 Olympic Financial Ltd. 3,304,682

3 Charter One Financial 2,158,160

4 Sovereign Bancorp 2,143,742

5 Boatmen's Bancshares Inc. 1,891,619

6 First Commerce Corp. 1,763,252

7 Roosevelt Financial Group 1,637,223

8 Rochester Community 1,612,294

9 Meridian Bancorp 1,599,940

10 ADVANTA Corp. Class A 1,225,396 Most Days to Cover*

Institution Days

1 FNB Corp. 72.8

2 Fidelity Federal Bancorp 69.1

3 Great Southern Bancorp 42.6

4 Bank of Granite Corp. 32.3

5 Old National Bancorp 30.1

6 Sun Bancorp 22.7

7 1st Federal Savings Bank of Colo. 22

8 Piedmont BankGroup Inc. 21.2

9 F&M Bancorp 20.4

10 Trust Co. of New Jersey 18.1 Largest Unit Increases

Institution Unit Chg.

1 U.S. Bancorp 877,731

2 Meridian Bancorp 410,950

3 Charter One Financial 382,176

4 Boatmen's Bancshares Inc. 278,144

5 ADVANTA Corp. Class A 213,123

6 First Tennessee National Corp. 193,111

7 First Commerce Corp. 190,890

8 Olympic Financial Ltd. 168,393

9 Sovereign Bancorp 155,325

10 Washington Mutual Inc. 141,846 Largest Unit Decreases

Institution Unit Chg.

1 West One Bancorp -1,500,743

2 First National Bancorp -376,743

3 Midlantic Corp. -347,995

4 Roosevelt Financial Group -324,435

5 Mutual Savings Bank -242,313

6 Poughkeepsie Savings Bank -240,485

7 Bank South Corp. -190,010

8 BayBanks Inc. -182,890

9 Commercial Federal Corp. -169,408

10 Aames Financial Corp. -99,465 Largest Percent Increases

Institution Pct Chg.

1 Progressive Bank Inc. 713450.70%

2 Fidelity Southern Corp. 349297.00%

3 Conestoga Bancorp 332363.10%

4 TF Financial Corp. 308761.10%

5 WSFS Financial Corp. 217725.20%

6 Great Country Bank 194301.30%

7 Leader Financial Corp. 193065.50%

8 WesBanco Inc. 192545.00%

9 PennFed Financial Services 158912.10%

10 QCF Bancorp 142776.50% Largest Percent Decreases**

Institution Pct Chg.

1 U.S. Pawn Inc. -9954.60%

2 Mid Continent Bancshares Inc. -9877.30%

3 Home Federal Corp. -9798.20%

4 Loyola Capital Corp. -9739.30%

5 Capitol Bancorp Ltd. -9736.00%

6 Sunrise Bancorp -9561.10%

7 Queens County Bancorp -9529.20%

8 Ventura Co. Nat'l Bancorp -9292.80%

9 Poughkeepsie Savings Bank -9066.80%

10 First Keystone Financial -9047.20% === L* Number of days to cover short interest, assuming average daily trading volume holds constant and that all volume is used in settlement of short positions. ** Ranking limited to issues with open short positions at current and prior settlement dates. S -

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