Something from Bloomberg

 SHORTS in promotions have been declining over the past 4 months and reached an all-time low 3.3% от общего количества в соответствии с данными от NYSE.
Since the beginning of the year, the inflow of funds from individual investors amounted to about $17,6 billion, this is the first time since April last year( outflow $94,7 billion)
Data Explorers , shorts data company, He speaks, that the ratio of longs to shortcuts is 12:1, it's in 2 times more, than as , when Lehman filed for bankruptcy.
46 shares with the highest SHORT ratio rose by 32% with 26 August 2010, since the announcement of QE.
Birinyi says., that in the late 90s, but the top shorts made up the order 1-2%.
In general, since 1995, average shorts around 2.3%