Bank Equities Short Interest Highlights: New York & American Stock

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Shares Sold Unit Chg. Pct. Chg Avg. Daily

Short as of from from Trading

Institution 1/15/98 12/15/97 12/15/97 Volume

Ahmanson (H.F.) & Co. 10,727,073 300,488 2.90% 679,966

American Bank of Connecticut 1,017 -11,654 -92 2,157

American Express Co. 4,289,223 -2,810,468 -39.61,165,347

AmeriCredit Corp. 2,938,166 899,634 44.1 212,266

Amsouth Bancorp. 973,901 -283,443 -22.5 127,152

Bancorpsouth Inc. 39,304 -21,196 -35 16,738

Bank of New York 7,357,891 532,873 7.8 926,057

BankAmerica Corp. 5,217,323 -557,974 -9.72,254,595

Bankers Trust New York Corp. 1,859,585 -1,179,595 -38.8 549,523

Beneficial Corp. 1,203,105 67,814 6 132,952

Capital One Financial Corp. 1,804,043 197,003 12.3 373,295

Capstead Mortgage Corp. 2,907,077 1,923,769 195.6 459,290

Centura Banks Inc. 157,966 109,626 226.8 36,528

CFX Corp. 211,343 -60,619 -22.3 76,876

Chase Manhattan Corp. 3,345,392 -171,542 -4.92,152,900

Citicorp 4,535,591 -2,172,923 -32.42,683,861

City National Corp. 412,263 -5,953 -1.4 96,295

Coast Savings Financial Inc. 817,811 21,193 2.7 156,133

Colonial BancGroup Inc. 183,058 -2,961 -1.6 50,490

Comerica Inc. 886,375 16,210 1.9 249,542

Commerce Bancorp Inc. 20,159 -16,778 -45.4 27,928

Commercial Federal Corp. (S,R 567,585 212,007 59.6 68,604

Community Bankshares Inc. 58,570 -9,184 -13.6 433

CoreStates Financial Corp. 2,391,640 -109,829 -4.4 524,104

Countrywide Credit Industries 1,997,183 544,382 37.5 387,400

Crestar Financial Corp. 564,571 -160,555 -22.1 187,914

Dime Bancorp Inc. 1,127,264 -64,264 -5.4 716,819

Downey Financial Corp. 169,568 -32,687 -16.2 30,385

Essex Bancorp 33,476 -1,024 -3 18,447

FBL Financial Group 181,700- NEW 11,747

Financial Federal Corp. 102,450 -33,750 -24.8 23,019

Finova Group Inc. 430,537 20,136 4.9 118,390

First Chicago NBD Corp. 2,567,113 -787,325 -23.5 790,947

First Commonwealth Financial 26,836 3,164 13.4 21,490

First Empire State Corp. 109,790 25,675 30.5 3,723

First Federal of Alabama 29,639 -1,000 -3.3 8,333

First of America Bank Corp. 374,130 -258,937 -40.9 280,533

First Union Corp. 17,245,491 -1,383,563 -7.41,377,657

First Virginia Banks Inc. 1,376,633 -27,016 -1.9 46,180

Firstar Corp. 1,390,904 -434,686 -23.8 205,800

Firstfed Financial Corp. 72,300 -60,980 -45.80% 32,385

Fleet Financial Group Inc. 7,641,189 -539,499 -6.6 901,547

Fund American Enterprise 53,777 7,047 15.1 3,404

Golden West Financial Corp. 524,416 125,311 31.4 141,719

Hibernia Corp. 734,043 -152,508 -17.2 266,604

Household International 1,224,211 -216,991 -15.1 361,014

Imperial Bancorp 376,074 -150,438 -28.6 66,947

J.P. Morgan & Co. 1,723,711 -645,027 -27.2 781,633

JW Charles Financial Svcs. 15,169 -5,900 -28 7,276

Keycorp 2,558,884 -959,685 -27.3 492,571

MBNA Corp. 15,108,826 -1,727,451 -10.31,345,280

Mellon Bank Corp. 5,539,496 -52,455N/M 907,342

Mercantile Bancorp 1,544,230 -234,806 -13.2 243,280

Mercury Finance Co. 10,286,085 -126,327 -1.21,533,990

MidSouth Bancorp 24,853 5,782 30.3 1,519

National City Corp. 6,707,475 1,863,055 38.5 575,457

NationsBank Corp. 20,021,171-10,184,804 -33.72,326,185

New York Bancorp 84,408 -34,199 -28.8 52,609

North Fork Bancorp 3,520,051 298,113 9.3 254,795

Norwest Corp. 23,320,086 950,012 4.21,505,752

Park National Corp. 32,650 50N/M 1,861

Piedmont Bancorp 20,587 87N/M 2,752

PNC Bank Corp. 3,324,265 -1,418,121 -29.9 456,104

Professional Bancorp (PA) 16,131 176 1.1 2,423

Redwood Empire Bancorp 62,269 4,052 7 6,571

Republic New York Corp. 514,710 21,201 4.3 93,328

Santa Monica Bank 65,964- NEW 3,780

Star Banc Corp. 2,745,595 267,545 10.8 110,061

Student Loan Corp. 22,875 2,362 11.5 2,771

Summit Bancorp 2,165,751 -208,312 -8.8 359,233

SunTrust Banks Inc. 1,657,230 -62,924 -3.7 225,171

Synovous Financial Corp. 5,483,346 416,520 8.2 323,638

TCF Financial Corp. 1,493,377 -142,863 -8.7 331,647

Union Planters Corp. 1,516,340 -652,821 -30.1 199,290

United Cos Finl Corp 7,298,605 383,264 5.5 511,528

US Bancorp 4,292,894 -888,377 -17.1 443,495

Bank-Related Totals 186.10 Mil. -18,486,456 -9.00%29.07 Mil.

NYSE Exchange Totals 3.58 Bil. -3,353,455 -0.10%653.32 Mil.

AMEX Exchange Totals 171.01 Mil. -18,074,432 -9.60%36.82 Mil.

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Institution Cover*

Ahmanson (H.F.) & Co. 15.8

American Bank of Connecticut 0.5

American Express Co. 3.7

AmeriCredit Corp. 13.8

Amsouth Bancorp. 7.7

Bancorpsouth Inc. 2.3

Bank of New York 7.9

BankAmerica Corp. 2.3

Bankers Trust New York Corp. 3.4

Beneficial Corp. 9

Capital One Financial Corp. 4.8

Capstead Mortgage Corp. 6.3

Centura Banks Inc. 4.3

CFX Corp. 2.7

Chase Manhattan Corp. 1.6

Citicorp 1.7

City National Corp. 4.3

Coast Savings Financial Inc. 5.2

Colonial BancGroup Inc. 3.6

Comerica Inc. 3.6

Commerce Bancorp Inc. 0.7

Commercial Federal Corp. (S,R) 8.3

Community Bankshares Inc. 135.3

CoreStates Financial Corp. 4.6

Countrywide Credit Industries 5.2

Crestar Financial Corp. 3

Dime Bancorp Inc. 1.6

Downey Financial Corp. 5.6

Essex Bancorp 1.8

FBL Financial Group 15.5

Financial Federal Corp. 4.5

Finova Group Inc. 3.6

First Chicago NBD Corp. 3.2

First Commonwealth Financial 1.2

First Empire State Corp. 29.5

First Federal of Alabama 3.6

First of America Bank Corp. 1.3

First Union Corp. 12.5

First Virginia Banks Inc. 29.8

Firstar Corp. 6.8

Firstfed Financial Corp. 2.2

Fleet Financial Group Inc. 8.5

Fund American Enterprise 15.8

Golden West Financial Corp. 3.7

Hibernia Corp. 2.8

Household International 3.4

Imperial Bancorp 5.6

J.P. Morgan & Co. 2.2

JW Charles Financial Svcs. 2.1

Keycorp 5.2

MBNA Corp. 11.2

Mellon Bank Corp. 6.1

Mercantile Bancorp 6.3

Mercury Finance Co. 6.7

MidSouth Bancorp 16.4

National City Corp. 11.7

NationsBank Corp. 8.6

New York Bancorp 1.6

North Fork Bancorp 13.8

Norwest Corp. 15.5

Park National Corp. 17.5

Piedmont Bancorp 7.5

PNC Bank Corp. 7.3

Professional Bancorp (PA) 6.7

Redwood Empire Bancorp 9.5

Republic New York Corp. 5.5

Santa Monica Bank 17.5

Star Banc Corp. 24.9

Student Loan Corp. 8.3

Summit Bancorp 6

SunTrust Banks Inc. 7.4

Synovous Financial Corp. 16.9

TCF Financial Corp. 4.5

Union Planters Corp. 7.6

United Cos Finl Corp 14.3

US Bancorp 9.7

Bank-Related Totals 6.4

NYSE Exchange Totals 5.5

AMEX Exchange Totals 4.6

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