Lending Market Stability for VO
Data from the securities lending market indicates that the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VO) remains relatively easy to borrow. As of the latest update, the cost-to-borrow (CTB) fee is 0.4% APR, with 10 million shares available for short sellers. This low borrow fee and high availability suggest that there is currently no significant supply-side pressure or "hard-to-borrow" status for this ETF. For short sellers, this indicates a low-cost environment for maintaining bearish positions, though it also suggests a lack of immediate squeeze risk driven by borrow scarcity.
Signal data sourced from CurvedTrading. This post is an original analysis prepared by The Forensic Ledger from publicly available data. Not investment advice.
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