RoadLessTravelled: You said "Are you referring to shorters? If so, I never noticed those figures on the semi-monthly Short Sale Lists. And please don't refer me to the Daily List published at the end of each trading session that doesn't take any settlement period into consideration as does the Short Sale List."
An astounding obeervation in fact so astounding numerous shareholders have tried to obtain an answer from FINRA as to why they stopped publishing the SHO numbers on FFGO as of August 2010?
Just as amazing is the fact that FINRA refuses to answer questions in that regard. Of course FFGO is the only stock I am aware of that has averaged over 90% of the volume since FINRA began keeping records as short sales. This too is an astounding number since FINRA has admitted that their numbers tend to be understated. In fact, both UBSS and Credit Suisse recently received substantial fines by FINRA and the SEC for mismarking short sales and calling them long. That makes it possible, some would say likely even, that every single FFGO share sold over the past two years (over 2 billion) did not exist. That of course could explain why FINRA stopped those bi monthly SHO reports as it may have been too embarassing for them. Go FFGO!!! Dividends of 3400%+ are worth waiting for!