NASDAQ Short Interest

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Shares Sold Unit Chg. Pct. Chg.

Short as of from from

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

Advanta-A 831,263 -615,659 -42.50%

Advanta-B 1,247,070 -34,082 -2.7

Associated Banc-Corp. 284,768 -36,929 -11.5

Astoria Financial Corp. 353,344 99,686 39.3

Bankers United 339,540 10,742 3.3

Bay View Capital 747,411 119,414 19

Charter One Financial 706,114 -98,016 -12.2

Cincinnati Financial 978,996 -93,292 -8.7

Cityscape Financial Corp. (R) 4,906,624 21,085 0.4

Community Financial 233,730 -2,559 -1.1

Compass Bancshares 893,839 262,110 41.5

Credit Acceptance Corp. 2,706,219 199,162 7.9

Fifth Third Bancorp 2,976,672 50,957 1.7

First American Tenn 2,306,996 110,563 5

First Colorado Bancorp 835,589 24,787 3.1

First Commerce Corp. 647,841 97,039 17.6

First Security Utah (SR) 1,956,871 540,601 38.2

First Tennessee National Corp. (SR) 5,634,274 39,022 0.7

Flushing Financial 225,187 -6,019 -2.6

Fulton Financial 490,333 85,388 21.1

HFNC Financial Corp. 581,633 -12,282 -2.1

Huntington Bancshares 1,380,808 -52,270 -3.6

IMC Mortgage 1,202,782 -286,786 -19.3

Imperial Credit 1,565,312 64,344 4.3

Keystone Financial 365,663 -50,683 -12.2

Long Beach Financial Corp. 711,498 153,997 27.6

Long Island Bancorp 739,560 168,504 29.5

Marshall & Ilsley 340,002 -86,858 -20.3

New Century Financial 294,969 9,682 3.40%

Northern Trust Corp. 1,293,220 -3,858 -0.3

Old Kent Fin 575,220 -147,613 -20.4

Old National Bancorp 545,964 -353 -0.1

Peoples Bank 486,030 -994,597 -67.2

Peoples Heri Fin Gp 2,149,965 274,729 14.7

Provident Bankshares (SR) 726,867 63,259 9.5

Regions Financial 2,004,461 -29,962 -1.5

Riggs National Corp. 275,868 35,191 14.6

Roslyn Bancorp 1,405,779 -1,272 -0.1

Southtrust Corp. (SR) 1,040,123 273,282 35.6

Sovereign Bancorp 8,058,626 425,427 5.6

Trustco Bank NY 253,105 31,160 14

UST Corp. 1,441,054 185,474 14.8

WFS Financial 1,547,853 38,704 2.6

Washington Federal 309,521 33,679 12.2

Washington Mutual 7,789,946 405,586 5.5

Webster Financial Corp. 931,895 81,492 9.6

Westamerica Bancorp (SR) 322,061 -13,447 -4

Westernbank P.R. (SR) 1,323,108 156,178 13.4

Zions Bancorp 578,932 -289,931 -33.4

Bank-Related Totals 69.54 Mil. 238,240 0.30%

Nasdaq 1.92 Bil. 102,905,096 5.70%

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Avg. DaiDays

Trading to

Institution Volume Cover*

Advanta-A 254,468 3.3

Advanta-B 379,131 3.3

Associated Banc-Corp. 94,633 3

Astoria Financial Corp. 112,256 3.1

Bankers United 72,203 4.7

Bay View Capital 124,311 6

Charter One Financial 249,212 2.8

Cincinnati Financial 69,529 14.1

Cityscape Financial Corp. (R) 310,772 15.8

Community Financial 20,907 11.2

Compass Bancshares 195,113 4.6

Credit Acceptance Corp. 174,854 15.5

Fifth Third Bancorp 240,228 12.4

First American Tenn 186,331 12.4

First Colorado Bancorp 106,815 7.8

First Commerce Corp. 202,155 3.2

First Security Utah (SR) 539,709 3.6

First Tennessee National Corp. (SR) 438,755 12.8

Flushing Financial 16,415 13.7

Fulton Financial 26,210 18.7

HFNC Financial Corp. 32,328 18

Huntington Bancshares 227,416 6.1

IMC Mortgage 395,617 3

Imperial Credit 194,010 8.1

Keystone Financial 63,800 5.7

Long Beach Financial Corp. 369,298 1.9

Long Island Bancorp 544,780 1.4

Marshall & Ilsley 137,718 2.5

New Century Financial 145,009 2

Northern Trust Corp. 415,089 3.1

Old Kent Fin 155,925 3.7

Old National Bancorp 13,880 39.3

Peoples Bank 82,953 5.9

Peoples Heri Fin Gp 92,748 23.2

Provident Bankshares (SR) 141,577 5.1

Regions Financial 417,255 4.8

Riggs National Corp. 87,677 3.1

Roslyn Bancorp 135,191 10.4

Southtrust Corp. (SR) 644,938 1.6

Sovereign Bancorp 898,458 9

Trustco Bank NY 23,031 11

UST Corp. 114,758 12.6

WFS Financial 54,312 28.5

Washington Federal 154,892 2

Washington Mutual 1,390,72 5.6

Webster Financial Corp. 54,535 17.1

Westamerica Bancorp (SR) 130,510 2.5

Westernbank P.R. (SR) 183,724 7.2

Zions Bancorp 261,657 2.2

Bank-Related Totals 11.38 Mi 6.1

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