{"id":220227,"date":"2025-03-18T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/?p=220227"},"modified":"2025-03-24T16:04:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T20:04:32","slug":"the-long-short-report-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/short-selling\/the-long-short-report-march-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The long \/ short report March 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ihsmarkit.com\/www\/pdf\/0325\/Long-Short-Report-March-25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOWNLOAD FULL REPORT HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The long \/ short report provides a geographic analysis of the long\/short market by sector, using S&amp;P Global Market Intelligence&#8217;s securities finance short interest data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Highlights from March&#8217;s report include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-global-equities\"><em><strong>Global Equities<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The average short interest across US equities increased to 84 basis points over the month. 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