Bank Equities Short Interest Highlights: New York & American Stock

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Shares SolUnit Chg. Pct. Chg.

Short as o from from

Institution 3/13/98 2/13/98 2/13/98

Ahmanson (H.F.) & Co. 8,258,107 -4,178,422 -33.60%

American Express Co. 4,285,884 58,381 1.4

AmeriCredit Corp. 1,922,035 -604,705 -23.9

Amsouth Bancorp. 865,097 -194,647 -18.4

Bancorpsouth Inc. 13,400 -21,904 -62

Bank of New York 5,781,431 -1,121,644 -16.2

BankAmerica Corp. 7,099,514 668,495 10.4

Bankers Trust New York Corp. 1,617,418 -205,685 -11.3

Beneficial Corp. 1,309,559 143,847 12.3

Capital One Financial Corp. 1,747,379 -76,815 -4.2

Capstead Mortgage Corp. 3,736,403 -8,668 -

Centura Banks Inc. 288,724 -58,394 -16.8

CFX Corp. 85,107 -47,539 -35.8

Chase Manhattan Corp. 3,074,717 -1,455,250 -32.1

Citicorp 5,074,531 139,317 2.8

City National Corp. 707,236 -5,260 -

Colonial BancGroup Inc. 217,492 1,731 -

Comerica Inc. 1,153,009 -337,712 -22.7

Commerce Bancorp Inc. 53,517 -28,661 -34.9

Commercial Federal Corp. 280,265 -270,137 -49.1

Community Bankshares Inc. 58,935 -43 -

CoreStates Financial Corp. 1,688,593 77,008 4.8

Countrywide Credit Industries 1,124,087 -341,901 -23.3

Crestar Financial Corp. 513,100 -99,765 -16.3

Dime Bancorp Inc. 1,812,823 -361,573 -16.6

Downey Financial Corp. 163,478 -95,745 -36.9

Essex Bancorp 27,300 -200 -

FBL Financial Group 191,560 6,560 3.5

Financial Federal Corp. 490 -104,030 -99.5

Finova Group Inc. 352,899 -65,705 -15.7

First Alliance/Banc 58,737 34,200 139.4

First Chicago NBD Corp. 2,502,759 90,938 3.8

First Commonwealth Financial 19,087 -4,775 -20

First Empire State Corp. 207,177 21,766 11.7

First Federal of Alabama 29,689 50 -

First of America Bank Corp. 504,263 -7,764 -1.5

First Union Corp. 22,185,3184,618,320 26.3

First Virginia Banks Inc. 1,837,922 484,629 35.8

Firstar Corp. 1,360,345 27,941 2.1

Firstfed Financial Corp. 139,900 49,481 54.7

Fleet Financial Group Inc. 3,839,643 -767,946 -16.70%

Fleet Financial Wrnts-1/01 40,760 15,534 61.6

Fund American Enterprise 51,414 7,684 17.6

Golden West Financial Corp. 436,246 66,844 18.1

Hibernia Corp. 896,769 -495,272 -35.6

Household International 1,024,447 -571,110 -35.8

Imperial Bancorp 553,034 -40,299 -6.8

J.P. Morgan & Co. 2,554,324 163,018 6.8

JW Charles Financial Svcs. 15,719 550 3.6

Keycorp (S,R) 4,916,432 2,610,079 113.2

MBNA Corp. 13,725,160-3,571,600 -20.6

Mellon Bank Corp. 4,883,420 -40,201 -

Mercantile Bancorp 1,982,398 423,976 27.2

Mercury Finance Co. 10,291,804 49,438 -

MidSouth Bancorp 13,172 716 5.7

National City Corp. 9,589,956 1,043,232 12.2

NationsBank Corp. 16,590,026 748,071 4.7

New York Bancorp 45,142 -25,166 -35.8

North Fork Bancorp 4,178,402 253,615 6.5

Norwest Corp. 16,939,2661,344,844 8.6

PAB BancShares 11,273 10,267 N/M

Park National Corp. 32,666 21 -

Piedmont Bancorp 20,500 - -

PNC Bank Corp. 3,448,029 -10,341 -

Professional Bancorp (PA) 17,455 323 1.9

Redwood Empire Bancorp 198,324 1,204 -

Republic New York Corp. 463,907 -97,528 -17.4

Star Banc Corp. 413,623 -2,478,904 -85.7

Student Loan Corp. 33,177 16,877 103.5

Summit Bancorp 2,153,652 4,792 -

SunTrust Banks Inc. 1,748,194 -57,529 -3.2

Synovous Financial Corp. 5,625,305 292,127 5.5

TCF Financial Corp. 1,112,892 -209,456 -15.8

Union Planters Corp. 2,556,194 1,127,046 78.9

United Cos Finl Corp 8,408,935 100,521 1.2

US Bancorp 4,244,152 -92,190 -2.1

Bank-Related Totals 184.29 Mil2,612,784 1.40%

NYSE Exchange Totals 3.81 Bil. 97,918,438 2.60%

AMEX Exchange Totals 179.20 Mil7,067,664 4.10%

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Avg. Dail Days

Trading to

Institution Volume Cover*

Ahmanson (H.F.) & Co. 572,457 14.4

American Express Co. 1,157,884 3.7

AmeriCredit Corp. 194,905 9.9

Amsouth Bancorp. 119,110 7.3

Bancorpsouth Inc. 10,568 1.3

Bank of New York 857,789 6.7

BankAmerica Corp. 1,713,331 4.1

Bankers Trust New York Corp. 338,057 4.8

Beneficial Corp. 785,510 1.7

Capital One Financial Corp. 264,142 6.6

Capstead Mortgage Corp. 307,584 12.1

Centura Banks Inc. 31,794 9.1

CFX Corp. 50,278 1.7

Chase Manhattan Corp. 1,635,584 1.9

Citicorp 1,541,973 3.3

City National Corp. 119,200 5.9

Colonial BancGroup Inc. 45,457 4.8

Comerica Inc. 282,652 4.1

Commerce Bancorp Inc. 19,331 2.8

Commercial Federal Corp. 101,642 2.8

Community Bankshares Inc. 800 73.7

CoreStates Financial Corp. 564,626 3

Countrywide Credit Industries 379,347 3

Crestar Financial Corp. 142,231 3.6

Dime Bancorp Inc. 413,157 4.4

Downey Financial Corp. 28,584 5.7

Essex Bancorp 7,994 3.4

FBL Financial Group 14,426 13.3

Financial Federal Corp. 30,494 -

Finova Group Inc. 159,126 2.2

First Alliance/Banc 57,700 1

First Chicago NBD Corp. 736,905 3.4

First Commonwealth Financial 8,647 2.2

First Empire State Corp. 8,378 24.7

First Federal of Alabama 16,873 1.8

First of America Bank Corp. 199,631 2.5

First Union Corp. 2,284,347 9.7

First Virginia Banks Inc. 113,184 16.2

Firstar Corp. 256,184 5.3

Firstfed Financial Corp. 50,857 2.8

Fleet Financial Group Inc. 711,921 5.4

Fleet Financial Wrnts-1/01 8,242 4.9

Fund American Enterprise 8,963 5.7

Golden West Financial Corp. 150,994 2.9

Hibernia Corp. 426,410 2.1

Household International 413,273 2.5

Imperial Bancorp 55,752 9.9

J.P. Morgan & Co. 863,178 3

JW Charles Financial Svcs. 7,526 2.1

Keycorp (S,R) 457,089 10.8

MBNA Corp. 1,230,736 11.2

Mellon Bank Corp. 539,442 9.1

Mercantile Bancorp 826,342 2.4

Mercury Finance Co. 2,036,815 5.1

MidSouth Bancorp 715 18.4

National City Corp. 556,021 17.2

NationsBank Corp. 2,094,905 7.9

New York Bancorp 46,263 1

North Fork Bancorp 188,926 22.1

Norwest Corp. 1,136,705 14.9

PAB BancShares 48,200 0.2

Park National Corp. 3,794 8.6

Piedmont Bancorp 3,031 6.8

PNC Bank Corp. 455,768 7.6

Professional Bancorp (PA) 8,884 2

Redwood Empire Bancorp 6,463 30.7

Republic New York Corp. 110,689 4.2

Star Banc Corp. 111,078 3.7

Student Loan Corp. 3,568 9.3

Summit Bancorp 549,426 3.9

SunTrust Banks Inc. 178,168 9.8

Synovous Financial Corp. 151,373 37.2

TCF Financial Corp. 302,189 3.7

Union Planters Corp. 274,547 9.3

United Cos Finl Corp 278,184 30.2

US Bancorp 342,184 12.4

Bank-Related Totals 27.37 Mil 6

NYSE Exchange Totals 733.77 Mi 5.2

AMEX Exchange Totals 34.58 Mil 5.2 ===

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