The bears are closing in on some new names in an unexpected field. With financial markets still in flux and battling high volatility, it can be challenging to know how to play the current conditions.

Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. Short selling is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope ...

Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish ...