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Market Maker Surveillance Report. STSA, C, XL, SDS, MI, JASO, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Wednesday, November 17th 201
November 17, 2010 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Wednesday. Since October 2008 market makers are now required to be on the bid as much as they are on the offer and for like amounts of stock. This Fair Market Making Requirement is designed to prevent market makers from manipulating stock prices. On Wednesday there were 2766 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2878 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2343 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with Abnormal Price Friction (bearish bias) in their stock prices. This means that there was more buying than selling in the stocks and their stock prices dropped. STERLING FINL CORP/SPOKANE (NASDAQ:STSA), CITIGROUP INC (NYSE:C), XL CAPITAL LTD -CLASS A (NYSE:XL), PROSHARES ULTRASHORT S&P500 (NYSE:SDS), MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORP (NYSE:MI), JA SOLAR HOLDINGS CO LTD-ADR (NASDAQ:JASO). To access Friction Factor, Naked Short Data and SqueezeTrigger Prices on all stocks please visit http://www.buyins.net .
Market Maker Friction Factor is shown in the chart below:
Symbol Change Percent Buy Volume Buy %% Sell Volume Sell %% Net Volume Friction
STSA $-0.01 -2.120% 6,025,836 75.520% 1,952,879 24.480% 4,072,957 Abnormal
C $-0.02 -0.590% 191,618,490 49.320% 185,368,627 47.710% 6,249,863 Abnormal
XL $-0.17 -0.860% 3,457,582 59.790% 1,988,589 34.390% 1,468,993 Abnormal
SDS $-0.02 -0.070% 15,712,636 54.860% 12,931,178 45.140% 2,781,458 Abnormal
MI $-0.09 -1.690% 9,134,780 52.480% 6,804,279 39.090% 2,330,501 Abnormal
JASO $-0.46 -5.890% 10,639,971 53.730% 9,066,690 45.790% 1,573,281 Abnormal
Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above had more buying than selling on Wednesday and their stock prices dropped. The Friction Factor displays how many more shares of buying than selling are required to move a stock higher by one cent or how many more shares of selling than buying moves a stock lower by 1 cent.
For example, the chart above shows JASO with 1,573,281 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.460. This means the Market Makers were trading the stock in a way inconsistent with normal supply and demand (Economics 101); more buying than selling should cause prices to rise.
STERLING FINL CORP/SPOKANE (NASDAQ:STSA) - Sterling Financial Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Sterling Savings Bank that provides various banking products and services to small and medium-sized businesses, and individuals. The company generates a range of deposit products, including transaction (checking) accounts, interest and non-interest bearing checking accounts, savings accounts, money market demand accounts, certificates of deposit accounts, and time deposits. It also provides loans products comprising commercial lending products, such as lines of credit, receivable and inventory financing, equipment loans, and term real estate financing for owner-occupied properties; multifamily residential and commercial real estate loans; one-to four-family residential loans; and consumer loans for automobiles, boats and recreational vehicles, and lines of credit for personal use. Sterling Financial Corporation also markets fixed income and equity products, mutual funds, fixed and variable annuities, and other financial products. The company, through its subsidiary, Golf Savings Bank, engages in the origination and sale of residential mortgage loans. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 178 branches in the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and California. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Spokane, Washington.
CITIGROUP INC (NYSE:C) - Citigroup, Inc., a global financial services company, provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a range of financial products and services, including consumer banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management. The company has two primary segments, Citicorp and Citi Holdings. The Citicorp segment operates as a global bank for businesses and consumers with two primary businesses, Regional Consumer Banking and Institutional Clients Group. The Regional Consumer Banking business provides traditional banking services, including retail banking, branded cards, and small commercial banking in North America, Asia, Latin America, and Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The Institutional Clients Group business provides securities and banking services, including investment banking and advisory services, lending, debt and equity sales and trading, institutional brokerage, foreign exchange, structured products, cash instruments and related derivatives, and private banking; and transaction services consisting of treasury and trade solutions, and securities and fund services. The Citi Holdings segment has three businesses: Brokerage and Asset Management, Local Consumer Lending, and Special Asset Pool. The Brokerage and Asset Management business, through its 49% stake in Morgan Stanley Smith Barney joint venture and Nikko Cordial Securities, offers retail brokerage and asset management services. The Local Consumer Lending business provides residential mortgage loans, retail partner card loans, student loans, personal loans, auto loans, commercial real estate, and other consumer loans, as well as western European cards and retail banking services. The Special Asset Pool business is a portfolio of securities, loans, and other assets. Citigroup Inc. has approximately 200 million customer accounts and operates in approximately 140 countries. The company was founded in 1812 and is based in New York, New York.
XL CAPITAL LTD -CLASS A (NYSE:XL) - XL Group plc, through its subsidiaries, provides insurance and reinsurance coverages to industrial, commercial, and professional firms, insurance companies, and other enterprises worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Insurance, Reinsurance, and Life Operations. The Insurance segment provides property, casualty, professional liability, environmental liability, aviation and satellite, marine and offshore energy, equine, fine art and specie, and excess and surplus lines, as well as other insurance coverages, including program business. The Reinsurance segment provides casualty, property risk (including energy and engineering), property catastrophe, marine, aviation, and other specialty reinsurance on a global basis with business being written on both a proportional and non-proportional basis and in certain limited instances on a direct basis. The Life Operations segment provides life reinsurance on business written by life insurance companies, principally to help them manage mortality, morbidity, survivorship, investment, and lapse risks. XL Group plc was formerly known as XL Capital Ltd and changed its name to XL Group plc in July 2010. XL Group plc was founded in 1986 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.
PROSHARES ULTRASHORT S&P500 (NYSE:SDS) - ULTRASH'T SP500 PROS
MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORP (NYSE:MI) - Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides diversified financial services to corporate, institutional, government, and individual customers in the United States. Its Commercial Banking segment provides various products and services, including secured and unsecured loans and lines of credit, letters of credit, asset-based lending, equipment financing, mezzanine financing, global trade services, treasury management, demand deposit accounts, interest bearing accounts, and time deposits, as well as construction loans for commercial and residential development, and land acquisition and development loans. The companys Community Banking segment provides consumer and business banking products and services comprising loan and deposit products, such as mortgages, home equity loans and lines, credit cards, student loans, personal lines of credit and term loans, demand deposit accounts, interest bearing transaction accounts, and time deposits, as well as loans for working capital, inventory, and general corporate use; commercial real estate construction loans; and agricultural loans. Its Wealth Management segment provides asset management, trust, and banking services, as well as offers retirement plan services, Taft-Hartley services, not-for-profit services, north star deferred exchange, and trust operations outsourcing services. The company also provides derivative solutions and investment services, currency conversion and foreign exchange services, and risk management to corporate, business banking, and financial institution clients. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 162 branch offices in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona metropolitan areas, Kansas City and nearby communities, Floridas west coast and Orlando, Florida, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Duluth, Minnesota, and central Indiana; and 17 offices in the St. Louis metropolitan area. The company was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
JA SOLAR HOLDINGS CO LTD-ADR (NASDAQ:JASO) - JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, production, and marketing of photovoltaic solar cells, which convert sunlight into electricity in the People's Republic of China. The company produces monocrystalline and multicrystalline solar cells, as well as provides cell processing services. It also involves in modules and wafer manufacturing. The company sells its solar cells principally to solar module manufacturers. JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. was founded in 2005 and is based in Shanghai, the Peoples Republic of China.
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