This is the December update of heavily shorted stocks in my portfolio.
(Short interest data from http://online.wsj.com/documents/shortint.htm, 1/15/2004 compared to 12/15/2003)
OCA Last Month 18,876,158; This Month 21,010,036; 11.30% increase; Short Interest 23.3 days (Average Daily Volume = 900,457)
PPD Last Month 8,201,904; This Month 7,930,669; 3.30% decrease; Short Interest 79.7 days (Average Daily Volume = 102,919)
FDP Last Month 4,622,424; This Month 4,561,634; 1.32% decrease; Short Interest 14.1 days (Average Daily Volume = 323,757)
TALK Last Month 5,690,659; This Month 5,588,452; 1.80% decrease; Short Interest 9.4 days (Average Daily Volume = 592,676)