short sales, page-23

total short positions as at 9/5/12

BILLABONG ORDINARY BBG 20,583,352 257,888,239 7.97%

scrolling through the total short positions there is a massive shorting campaign across blue chip shares for example

carsales 11.7%, cochlear 10.9%, david jones 10.3%, echo entertainment 8.45%, faifax 11%, flight centre 11.24%, Harvey Norman 7.97%, JB HiFi 23.99%, Lynas Corp 9.84%, Myer 11.65%, Paladin Energy 7.87%, Rio tinto 4.79%, Wotif Holding 7.14%

retail seems to take centre stage in the great race to the bottom!