AMD, MTG, MS, KFT, IBM, MAT With Highest Daily Short Volume On NYSE Friday
October 19, 2009 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, has reviewed the NYSE Daily Short Volume Report for Friday, October 16th, 2009 and come to the following statistical conclusions. There were 6,441 stocks with daily short volume reported and total NYSE trading volume of 1,075,693,839 shares. Total Daily Short Volume was 520,775,255 shares. 48.4% of all trading on the NYSE Friday was short selling. The chart below highlights 6 stocks that had the highest daily short volume on Friday. Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD), MGIC Investment Corp (NYSE: MTG), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT), International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) and Mattel (NYSE: MAT). To access SqueezeTrigger Prices ahead of potential short squeezes beginning, visit http://www.buyins.net.
Date Symbol Short Volume Total Volume Market Percent
20091016 AMD 2,842,740 5,702,280 P 49.85%
20091016 MTG 1,472,928 2,733,278 P 53.89%
20091016 MS 1,353,733 2,758,059 P 49.08%
20091016 KFT 1,059,405 2,029,661 P 52.20%
20091016 IBM 945,794 2,627,117 P 36.00%
20091016 MAT 894,743 1,583,043 P 56.52%
In late October 2008 the SEC updated Regulation SHO requiring that all short sellers must locate, borrow and deliver any shares they have shorted, no exceptions, by T+3 settlement date. If not, a buy-in must be forced by the broker dealer that the short seller transacted through by the opening of the market on T+4. Since a company first appears on the naked short list when short sellers have been failing to deliver for 5 consecutive trading days, stocks should theoretically never be on the naked short list again. BUYINS.NET will monitor the exchangesa� naked short lists daily and issue an alert and notify the SEC and FINRA should short sellers fail to deliver on any short sales.
Reg SHO Rule 204 (i) requires brokers to deliver shares on long and short sales of publicly traded equity securities by settlement date, (ii) continues to require brokers to close-out fails to deliver by the beginning of trading on T+4 for short sales and T+6 for long sales, (iii) precludes clearing brokers and their introducing brokers from selling short a security, other than on a pre-borrowed basis, if a fail to deliver in that security is not timely closed out until the fail is closed out and that close-out transaction settles, (iv) allows clearing brokers to allocate fails to introducing brokers and (v) continues to permit brokers to rely upon pre-fail credit to satisfy Rule 204's close-out requirement to avoid the pre-borrow requirements when a fail at a clearing broker has not been closed out. However, the SEC liberalized certain of these provisions in several regards. For example, permanent Rule 204 now allows a broker to close-out a fail on a long sale by borrowing the security, whereas Rule 204T had only permitted closing out long fails by buying-in, which should alleviate some of the buy-in risk for investors that experience long fails. Similar relief was extended to close-outs for market maker fails, so that a fail from a bona fide market making transaction (including short and long fails) can now be closed out by the beginning of trading on T+6 by borrowing the security. Further, Rule 204 now permits a broker to borrow securities to obtain pre-fail credit for early close-outs, whereas temporary Rule 204T only permitted pre-fail credit to be obtained by purchases of securities.
The SEC refused requests to extend the close-out deadline for fails to deliver to the close of business on the close-out deadline, choosing instead to retain the requirement that all fails be closed out by the beginning of trading on the applicable close-out deadline. The Commission also rejected requests for a fail to deliver exception that would have provided an exception from the close-out requirements if a clearing broker's fail position was below a certain amount but said that it would continue to monitor whether a de minimis or odd lot exception could be warranted.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD), a semiconductor company, provides processing solutions for the computing, graphics, and consumer electronics markets in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. It offers microprocessor products, including servers and workstation microprocessors, notebook microprocessors, and desktop microprocessors; embedded processor products; chipset products, including IGP and discrete chipsets; and graphics products, such as 3D graphics, and video and multimedia products for use in desktop and notebook personal computers (PCs), including home media PCs, professional workstations, and servers, as well as technology for game consoles. The company serves original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, and third-party distributors through direct sales force and independent sales representatives. It has a strategic relationship with StudioGPU. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
MGIC Investment Corporation (NYSE: MTG), through its subsidiary, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation, provides private mortgage insurance to the home mortgage lending industry in the United States. It provides primary insurance coverage that provides mortgage default protection on individual loans and covers unpaid loan principal, delinquent interest, and various expenses associated with the default and subsequent foreclosure. The companya�s primary insurance is written on first mortgage loans secured by owner occupied single-family homes, first liens secured by non-owner occupied single-family homes, and on vacation or second homes. MGIC Investmenta�s principal product, primary mortgage insurance is written through the flow market channel, in which loans are insured in individual and loan-by-loan transactions, as well as through the bulk market channel, in which portfolios of loans are individually insured in single, bulk transactions. It also provides various mortgage services for the mortgage finance industry, such as contract underwriting, portfolio retention, and secondary marketing of mortgage-related assets. In addition, the company provides Internet portal that enables mortgage originators to access products and services of wholesalers, investors, and vendors necessary to make a home mortgage loan, as well as provides Website hosting, design, and marketing solutions for mortgage originators and real estate agents. It serves originators of residential mortgage loans, such as savings institutions, commercial banks, mortgage brokers, credit unions, mortgage bankers, and various other lenders. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), a financial holding company, provides various financial products and services to corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals worldwide. The company has three segments: Institutional Securities, Global Wealth Management Group, and Asset Management. The Institutional Securities segment engages in various activities, including capital raising; provision of financial advisory services principally on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense strategies, joint ventures, privatizations, recapitalizations, spin-offs, corporate restructurings, shareholder relations, tender offers, exchange offers, and leveraged buyouts; corporate lending; sales, trading, financing, and market-making activities in equity and fixed income securities and related products comprising foreign exchange and commodities; benchmark indices and risk management analytics; and investment. The Global Wealth Management Group (a Morgan Stanley Smith Barney a joint venture) segment provides brokerage and investment advisory services covering various investment alternatives comprising equities, options, futures, foreign currencies, precious metals, fixed income securities, mutual funds, and structured products, unit investment trusts, and managed accounts; financial and wealth planning services; annuity and insurance products; credit and other lending products; cash management services; retirement services; and trust and fiduciary services. The Asset Management segment offers products and services in equity, fixed income, and alternative investments, which include hedge funds, fund of funds, real estate, private equity, and infrastructure to institutional and retail clients through proprietary and third party distribution channels. This segment also involves in investment activities. Morgan Stanley has a strategic alliance with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT), together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets packaged food products and grocery products worldwide. The company offers snacks, including cookies, crackers, salted snacks, and chocolate confectionary; beverages, including coffee, packaged juice drinks, and powdered beverages; cheese, including natural, process, and cream cheeses; and grocery, including spoonable and pourable dressings, condiments, and desserts. It also offers convenient meals, including primarily frozen pizza, packaged dinners, lunch combinations, and processed meats. Kraft Foods markets its products under various brand names, primarily including Kraft cheeses, dinners and dressings; Oscar Mayer meats; Philadelphia cream cheese; Maxwell House and Jacobs coffee; Nabisco cookies and crackers and its Oreo cookie brand; Milka chocolates; and LU biscuits. It sells its products to supermarket chains, wholesalers, super centers, club stores, mass merchandisers, distributors, convenience stores, gasoline stations, drug stores, value stores, and other retail food outlets. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Northfield, Illinois. Kraft Foods Inc. operates independently of Altria Group Inc. as of March 30, 2007.
International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) develops and manufactures information technology products and services worldwide. Its Global Technology Services segment offers IT infrastructure and business process services, such as strategic outsourcing, integrated technology, business transformation outsourcing, and maintenance. The companya�s Global Business Services segment provides professional services and application outsourcing services, including consulting and systems integration, and application management. Its Systems and Technology segment offers computing and storage solutions, including servers, disk and tape storage systems and software, semiconductor technology and products, packaging solutions, engineering and technology services, and retail store solutions. IBMa�s Software segment primarily offers middleware and operating systems software comprising WebSphere software for Web-enabled applications; information management software for database, content management, information integration and business intelligence; Tivoli software for infrastructure management, including security and storage management; Lotus software for collaboration, messaging, and social networking; and rational software, a process automation tool. The companya�s Global Financing segment provides commercial financing to dealers and remarketers of IT products; lease and loan financing to external and internal clients; and sale and lease of used equipment. IBM serves banking, insurance, education, government, healthcare, life sciences, aerospace and defense, automotive, chemical and petroleum, electronics, distribution, telecommunications, media and entertainment, and energy and utilities, as well as small and medium sized business. The company was formerly known as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. and changed its name to International Business Machines Corporation in 1924. IBM was founded in 1910 and is based in Armonk, New York.
Mattel, Inc. (NYSE: MAT), together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of various toy products worldwide. Its products include fashion dolls and accessories, vehicles and playsets, and games and puzzles. The company offers its products under various brands, including Barbie, Polly Pocket, Little Mommy, Disney Classics, Pixel Chix, High School Musical, Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Speed Racer, Tyco R/C, CARS, Radica, Speed Racer, Batman, Kung Fu Panda, Fisher-Price, Little People, BabyGear, View-Master, Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer, Winnie the Pooh, Go-Diego-Go!, See aN Say, Power Wheels, Just Like You, and Bitty Baby. Its product portfolio includes Blokus and Whac-A-Mole games. Mattel, Inc. also offers various game properties under Apples to Apples, Snorta, and Blink names. In addition, the company publishes advice and activity books, as well as magazines, such as the American Girl. It sells its products to retailers, including discount and free-standing toy stores, chain stores, department stores, and other retail outlets; wholesalers; and distribution centers. The company also markets its products directly, as well as through its Web site, and agents and distributors. Mattel, Inc. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California.
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