This is the December update of heavily shorted stocks in my portfolio.
(Short interest data from http://online.wsj.com/documents/shortint.htm, 12/15/2003 compared to 11/15/2003)
OCA Last Month 17,974,528; This Month 18,876,158; 5.02% increase; Short Interest 17.5 days (Average Daily Volume = 1,078,914)
PPD Last Month 7,661,665; This Month 8,201,904; 7.05% increase; Short Interest 79.7 days (Average Daily Volume = 102,919)
FDP Last Month 4,605,073; This Month 4,622,424; 0.38% increase; Short Interest 11.9 days (Average Daily Volume = 387,833)