NASDAQ Short Interest

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Shares Sold Unit Chg. Pct. Chg. Avg. Daily

Short as of from from Trading

Institution 11/14/97 10/15/97 10/15/97Volume

Advanta-A 2,247,155 -1,227,538 -35.30% 463,184

Advanta-B 1,316,941 356,161 37.10% 544,473

Associated Banc-Corp. 292,504 -205,654 -41.30% 137,883

Astoria Financial Corp. 251,673 -1,266,750 -83.40% 153,183

Bankers United 447,337 -12,138 -2.60% 58,682

Bay View Capital 2,658,326 725,969 37.60% 185,139

Central Fidelity Banks 81,442 -420,843 -83.80% 137,526

Charter One Financial 891,407 -321,868 -26.50% 344,982

Cincinnati Financial 1,008,344 31,044 3.20% 42,145

Cityscape Financial Corp. 5,299,840 459,353 9.50% 3,275,161

Compass Bancshares 313,696 -16,225 -4.90% 214,910

Credit Acceptance Corp. 1,829,447 -17,401 -0.90% 803,226

Fifth Third Bancorp 1,364,651 -395,167 -22.50% 277,791

First American Corp. Tenn 555,265 -20,654 -3.60% 163,975

First Colorado Bancorp 810,273 136 0.00% 25,342

First Commerce Corp. 239,100 -112,062 -31.90% 585,628

First Security Utah 993,919 -189,511 -16.00% 289,187

First Tennessee National Co 2,916,112 148,764 5.40% 219,901

FirstPlus Financial 6,320,988 331,596 5.50% 789,596

Flushing Financial 237,490 8,066 3.50% 16,970

Fulton Financial 329,389 23,420 7.70% 22,427

HFNC Financial Corp. 866,240 -15,595 -1.80% 58,598

Huntington Bancshares 1,917,500 -1,068,773 -35.80% 385,284

IMC Mortgage 1,348,061 213,265 18.80% 259,446

Imperial Credit 1,526,796 -167,290 -9.90% 273,273

Jayhawk Acceptance 282,112 -33,431 -10.60% 47,744

Keystone Financial 191,990 -337,897 -63.80% 85,767

Long Island Bancorp 706,385 -38,950 -5.20% 214,657

Marshall & Ilsley 394,878 -204,346 -34.10% 135,697

Northern Trust Corp. 826,833 -39,278 -4.50% 319,553

Old National Bancorp 519,045 -1,283 -0.20% 9,433

Peoples Bank 1,536,083 179,755 13.30% 149,405

Peoples Heri Fin Gp 788,003 591,763 301.60% 177,152

Redwood Trust 620,492 -88,919 -12.50% 399,496

Regions Financial 1,532,793 242,046 18.80% 158,800

Reliance Acceptance 364,507 23,189 6.80% 66,273

Roslyn Bancorp 1,932,993 -168,211 -8.00% 163,450

Southtrust Corp. 536,703 82,804 18.20% 345,974

Sovereign Bancorp 7,339,567 350,172 5.00% 614,094

St Paul Bancorp 68,304 -224,473 -76.70% 124,186

The Money Store 9,444,827 2,582,414 37.60% 1,371,923

Trustco Bank NY (sr) 298,719 11,239 3.90% 26,957

UST Corp. 480,415 -49,230 -9.30% 135,963

US Trust Corp. 352,364 6,374 1.80% 27,800

Union Acceptance A 157,875 -184,375 -53.90% 128,288

WFS Financial 1,261,713 97,463 8.40% 68,254

Washington Federal 229,801 -19,457 -7.80% 144,753

Washington Mutual 7,453,955 126,316 1.70% 2,185,775

Webster Financial Corp. 315,837 243,886 339.00% 99,268

Westernbank P.R. 393,580 -1,049 -0.30% 46,959

Zions Bancorp 1,030,110 139,605 15.70% 98,457

Bank-Related Totals 75,123,780 -200,013 -0.30% 17,073,990

Nasdaq 1,752,076,77 60,524,649 3.60%

Source: Nasdaq

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Days

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Institution Cover*

Advanta-A 4.9

Advanta-B 2.4

Associated Banc-Corp. 2.1

Astoria Financial Corp. 1.6

Bankers United 7.6

Bay View Capital 14.4

Central Fidelity Banks 0.6

Charter One Financial 2.6

Cincinnati Financial 23.9

Cityscape Financial Corp. 1.6

Compass Bancshares 1.5

Credit Acceptance Corp. 2.3

Fifth Third Bancorp 4.9

First American Corp. Tenn 3.4

First Colorado Bancorp 32

First Commerce Corp. 0.4

First Security Utah 3.4

First Tennessee National Co 13.3

FirstPlus Financial 8

Flushing Financial 14

Fulton Financial 14.7

HFNC Financial Corp. 14.8

Huntington Bancshares 5

IMC Mortgage 5.2

Imperial Credit 5.6

Jayhawk Acceptance 5.9

Keystone Financial 2.2

Long Island Bancorp 3.3

Marshall & Ilsley 2.9

Northern Trust Corp. 2.6

Old National Bancorp 55

Peoples Bank 10.3

Peoples Heri Fin Gp 4.4

Redwood Trust 1.6

Regions Financial 9.7

Reliance Acceptance 5.5

Roslyn Bancorp 11.8

Southtrust Corp. 1.6

Sovereign Bancorp 12

St Paul Bancorp 0.6

The Money Store 6.9

Trustco Bank NY (sr) 11.1

UST Corp. 3.5

US Trust Corp. 12.7

Union Acceptance A 1.2

WFS Financial 18.5

Washington Federal 1.6

Washington Mutual 3.4

Webster Financial Corp. 3.2

Westernbank P.R. 8.4

Zions Bancorp 10.5

Bank-Related Totals 4.4

Nasdaq

Source: Nasdaq ===

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