NASDAQ Short Interest

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part 1 of 3

Shares Sold Unit Chg.

Short as of from

Institution 10/15/98 9/15/98

Advanta-A 2,186,303 625,378

Advanta-B 1,174,748 243,639

Associated Banc Cp. 238277 743,063

Astoria Financial Corp. 982,117 -2,146,668

BankAtlantic Bancorp 488,347 57,307

Bank United Corp. 487,392 22,228

BankNorth Gp 361,839 -13,423

Bay View Capital Cp. 580,104 -24,667

Charter One Financial (S, 4,819,086 408,808

Cincinnati Financial 2,825,855 352,752

Commerce Bancshares 240,791 -174,411

Community Financial Gp 249,708 -31,284

Compass Bancshares 285,851 -38,238

Credit Acceptance Corp. 3,250,831 -89,923

Fifth Third Bancorp 5,459,386 487,526

First Tennessee National C 6,084,125 403,363

Fulton Financial 96,922 -233,674

Huntington Bancshares (S,R 1,737,868 363,681

IMC Mortgage 1,045,654 -214,537

Imperial Credit 536,567 -34,012

Keystone Financial 650,657 -40,475

Long Beach Financial Corp. 971,541 478,736

Marshall & Ilsley 507,033 -106,075

New Century Financial 617,599 -93,440

Northern Trust Corp. 1,597,206 51,127

Old Kent Financial 883,309 179,188

Peoples Bank 285,681 42,456

Peoples Heritage Financial 3,744,579 333,173

Provident Bankshares 293,997 23,708

Regions Financial 1,679,590 -761,342

Reliance Bncp 45,873 -111,650

Riggs National Corp. 682,823 -233,507

Roslyn Bancorp 3,684,385 -34,324

Southtrust Corp. 603,072 -175,797

Sovereign Bancorp 4,556,929 1,397,921

St Paul Bancorp 447,591 45,695

Trustco Bank NY 487,692 18,711

UST Corp. 231,742 20,820

US Trust Corp. 325,784 -46,197

United Bankshares 438,286 -431,853

WFS Financial 1,168,716 48,152

Washington Federal 543,187 209,323

Washington Mutual 14,668,095 -26,386,327

Webster Financial Corp. 410,462 11,619

Westamerica Bancorp 608,069 198,073

Western Bancorp 294,029 54,043

Westernbank P.R. 754,798 -808,190

Zions Bancorp 835,068 -2,841

Bank-Related Totals 75.15 M -25,412,365

Nasdaq 2.05 B -106,461,551

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Pct. Chg. Avg. Daily

from Trading

Institution 9/15/98 Volume

Advanta-A 40.06% 221,373

Advanta-B 26.17% 262,777

Associated Banc Cp. 310.83% 171508

Astoria Financial Corp. -68.61% 567,152

BankAtlantic Bancorp 13.30% 39,029

Bank United Corp. 4.78% 115,275

BankNorth Gp -3.58% 28,965

Bay View Capital Cp. -4.08% 160,777

Charter One Financial (S, 9.27% 943,952

Cincinnati Financial 14.26% 270,948

Commerce Bancshares -42.01% 66,049

Community Financial Gp -11.13% 10,066

Compass Bancshares -11.80% 219,066

Credit Acceptance Corp. -2.69% 231,186

Fifth Third Bancorp 9.81% 813,008

First Tennessee National C 7.10% 453,272

Fulton Financial -70.68% 49,041

Huntington Bancshares (S,R 26.47% 423,078

IMC Mortgage -17.02% 1,088,919

Imperial Credit -5.96% 440,968

Keystone Financial -5.86% 104,754

Long Beach Financial Corp. 97.15% 306,107

Marshall & Ilsley -17.30% 207,493

New Century Financial -13.14% 111,047

Northern Trust Corp. 3.31% 568,452

Old Kent Financial 25.45% 260,491

Peoples Bank 17.46% 166,149

Peoples Heritage Financial 9.77% 480,707

Provident Bankshares 8.77% 86,147

Regions Financial -31.19% 634,603

Reliance Bncp -70.88% 70,667

Riggs National Corp. -25.48% 116,131

Roslyn Bancorp -0.92% 223,478

Southtrust Corp. -22.57% 662,149

Sovereign Bancorp 44.25% 1,214,886

St Paul Bancorp 11.37% 143,080

Trustco Bank NY 3.99% 32,838

UST Corp. 9.87% 173,111

US Trust Corp. -12.42% 58,418

United Bankshares -49.63% 75,175

WFS Financial 4.30% 20,547

Washington Federal 62.70% 330,796

Washington Mutual -64.27% 6,104,680

Webster Financial Corp. 2.91% 184,893

Westamerica Bancorp 48.31% 172,913

Western Bancorp 22.52% 46,354

Westernbank P.R. -51.71% 51,382

Zions Bancorp -0.34% 319,214

Bank-Related Totals -25.08% 19.50 M

Nasdaq -4.93%

part 3 of 3

Days

to

Institution Cover*

Advanta-A 9.9

Advanta-B 4.5

Associated Banc Cp. 1.4

Astoria Financial Corp. 1.7

BankAtlantic Bancorp 12.5

Bank United Corp. 4.2

BankNorth Gp 12.5

Bay View Capital Cp. 3.6

Charter One Financial (S, 5.1

Cincinnati Financial 10.4

Commerce Bancshares 3.6

Community Financial Gp 24.8

Compass Bancshares 1.3

Credit Acceptance Corp. 14.1

Fifth Third Bancorp 6.7

First Tennessee National C 13.4

Fulton Financial 2

Huntington Bancshares (S,R 4.1

IMC Mortgage 1

Imperial Credit 1.2

Keystone Financial 6.2

Long Beach Financial Corp. 3.2

Marshall & Ilsley 2.4

New Century Financial 5.6

Northern Trust Corp. 2.8

Old Kent Financial 3.4

Peoples Bank 1.7

Peoples Heritage Financial 7.8

Provident Bankshares 3.4

Regions Financial 2.6

Reliance Bncp 0.6

Riggs National Corp. 5.9

Roslyn Bancorp 16.5

Southtrust Corp. 0.9

Sovereign Bancorp 3.8

St Paul Bancorp 3.1

Trustco Bank NY 14.9

UST Corp. 1.3

US Trust Corp. 5.6

United Bankshares 5.8

WFS Financial 56.9

Washington Federal 1.6

Washington Mutual 2.4

Webster Financial Corp. 2.2

Westamerica Bancorp 3.5

Western Bancorp 6.3

Westernbank P.R. 14.7

Zions Bancorp 2.6

Bank-Related Totals 3.9

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