The Kobeissi Letter(@KobeissiLetter):BREAKING: Short interest in the median S&P 500 stock is up to 3.2% of market cap, the highest level since 2009. This is now approaching the 2008 Financial Crisis peak of ~3.8%. By comparison, during the 2022 bear market, this percentage was ~1.7%. Furthermore, short interest among the most heavily shorted 10% of S&P 500 stocks is up to 8.0% of market cap, the highest in 8 years. Even during the 2000 Dot-Com Bubble burst, short interest never surged to these levels. The short trade is starting to look overcrowded.

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2026.09.02 22:08

BREAKING: Short interest in the median S&P 500 stock is up to 3.2% of market cap, the highest level since 2009. This is now approaching the 2008 Financial Crisis peak of ~3.8%. By comparison, during the 2022 bear market, this percentage was ~1.7%. Furthermore, short interest among the most heavily shorted 10% of S&P 500 stocks is up to 8.0% of market cap, the highest in 8 years. Even during the 2000 Dot-Com Bubble burst, short interest never surged to these levels. The short trade is starting to look overcrowded.