I see that the short interest position has almost doubled since the start of the year. I think it's more of a market hedging position than a comment on Amcol itself. Still, we are near the levels during the 2009 bottom, so it could be a good sign for the market as well as Amcol.
Date ----------- Short Int ----- Av Vol ---- Days to Cov
15-Sep-2011--- 2,930,256--- 115,815--- 25
31-Aug-2011--- 2,853,354--- 155,582--- 18
15-Aug-2011--- 2,837,460--- 263,339--- 11
29-Jul-2011--- 2,378,151--- 244,478--- 10
15-Jul-2011--- 2,302,912--- 77,615--- 30
30-Jun-2011--- 2,329,346--- 136,725--- 17
15-Jun-2011--- 2,272,351--- 132,057--- 17
31-May-2011--- 2,187,613--- 123,521--- 18
13-May-2011--- 2,064,283--- 133,267--- 15
29-Apr-2011--- 2,108,005--- 138,041--- 15
15-Apr-2011--- 2,068,335--- 116,393--- 18
31-Mar-2011--- 2,065,730--- 181,613--- 11
15-Mar-2011--- 1,915,345--- 105,175--- 18
28-Feb-2011--- 1,800,658--- 84,525--- 21
15-Feb-2011--- 1,762,865--- 88,044--- 20
31-Jan-2011--- 1,628,935--- 127,037--- 13
14-Jan-2011--- 1,578,491--- 116,164--- 14
31-Dec-2010--- 1,595,427--- 73,700--- 22
15-Dec-2010--- 1,629,318--- 72,902--- 22
30-Nov-2010--- 1,665,586--- 74,417--- 22
15-Nov-2010--- 1,644,855--- 65,790--- 25
29-Oct-2010--- 1,707,075--- 71,660--- 24
15-Oct-2010--- 1,778,553--- 99,929--- 18
30-Sep-2010--- 1,920,367--- 81,967--- 23
15-Sep-2010--- 1,989,025--- 87,269--- 23
31-Aug-2010--- 2,081,886--- 102,622--- 20
13-Aug-2010--- 1,951,259--- 133,484--- 15
30-Jul-2010--- 2,134,702--- 188,474--- 11
15-Jul-2010--- 1,963,475--- 119,586--- 16
30-Jun-2010--- 1,822,632--- 124,825--- 15
15-Jun-2010--- 1,839,589--- 107,935--- 17
28-May-2010--- 1,882,477--- 138,324--- 14
14-May-2010--- 1,906,834--- 139,274--- 14
30-Apr-2010--- 1,801,195--- 151,441--- 12
15-Apr-2010--- 1,815,640--- 66,173--- 27
31-Mar-2010--- 1,799,662--- 84,722--- 21
15-Mar-2010--- 1,800,700--- 83,324--- 22
26-Feb-2010--- 1,979,240--- 87,289--- 23
12-Feb-2010--- 1,961,069--- 140,266--- 14
29-Jan-2010--- 2,188,664--- 185,091--- 12
15-Jan-2010--- 2,129,937--- 116,679--- 18
31-Dec-2009--- 2,149,146--- 80,474--- 27
15-Dec-2009--- 2,189,022--- 88,218--- 25
30-Nov-2009--- 2,235,244--- 109,947--- 20
13-Nov-2009--- 2,227,375--- 153,053--- 15
30-Oct-2009--- 2,318,930--- 218,746--- 11
15-Oct-2009--- 2,312,932--- 97,205--- 24
30-Sep-2009--- 2,305,516--- 124,856--- 18
15-Sep-2009--- 2,463,267--- 74,786--- 33
31-Aug-2009--- 2,490,634--- 105,403--- 24
14-Aug-2009--- 2,487,400--- 112,558--- 22
31-Jul-2009--- 2,537,220--- 201,993--- 13
15-Jul-2009--- 2,609,057--- 109,051--- 24
30-Jun-2009--- 2,610,230--- 162,658--- 16
15-Jun-2009--- 2,588,268--- 121,231--- 21
29-May-2009--- 2,615,851--- 109,349--- 24
15-May-2009--- 2,657,003--- 178,588--- 15
30-Apr-2009--- 2,838,198--- 228,189--- 12
15-Apr-2009--- 2,796,230--- 152,003--- 18
31-Mar-2009--- 2,865,238--- 180,834--- 16
13-Mar-2009--- 2,909,840--- 202,205--- 14
27-Feb-2009--- 2,801,597--- 185,727--- 15
13-Feb-2009--- 2,755,697--- 210,170--- 13
30-Jan-2009--- 2,709,782--- 175,147--- 15
15-Jan-2009--- 2,555,063--- 155,349--- 16
31-Dec-2008--- 2,362,117--- 147,790--- 16
15-Dec-2008--- 2,396,028--- 185,870--- 13
28-Nov-2008--- 2,208,800--- 210,900--- 11
14-Nov-2008--- 2,134,387--- 178,824--- 12
31-Oct-2008--- 2,036,989--- 276,923--- 7
15-Oct-2008--- 1,990,200--- 230,500--- 9
30-Sep-2008--- 2,272,867--- 149,485--- 15
15-Sep-2008--- 2,272,867--- 149,485--- 15