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Market Maker Surveillance Report. CML, IRE, CWST, VVUS, OPTI, BDCO, Winning Stocks With Lowest Price Friction For Tuesday, Dec
December 7, 2010 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Tuesday. 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 Tuesday there were 2775 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2536 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2746 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the largest percentage gain per share Tuesday and low price friction (bullish). This means that there was more buying than selling in the stocks and their stock prices rose faster with less Friction. COMPELLENT TECHNOLOGIES INC (NYSE:CML), BANK OF IRELAND-SPONS ADR (NYSE:IRE), CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC-A (NASDAQ:CWST), VIVUS INC (NASDAQ:VVUS), OPTI INC (OTCBB:OPTI), BLUE DOLPHIN ENER (NASDAQ:BDCO). 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
CML $4.990 17.44% 2,143,371 45.09% 2,042,907 42.98% 100,464 201
IRE $0.510 23.61% 26,682,297 50.07% 24,407,643 45.80% 2,274,654 44,601
CWST $0.660 12.74% 125,698 63.02% 73,770 36.98% 51,928 787
VVUS $1.680 23.83% 3,732,173 52.18% 3,360,325 46.98% 371,848 2,213
OPTI $0.340 14.91% 241,135 63.56% 122,727 32.35% 118,408 3,483
BDCO $0.430 18.53% 96,592 63.39% 55,792 36.61% 40,800 949
Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above have high net buy volumes (buy volume, sell volume) and low price friction in their stocks. 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 BDCO with a dollar gain Tuesday of $0.43000 and a Friction Factor of 949 shares. That means that it only took 949 more shares of buying than selling to move BDCO higher by one penny. The Market Makers are currently allowing the stock to rise quickly (low friction). The combination of low friction and positive market direction can drive prices higher much faster than normal.
COMPELLENT TECHNOLOGIES INC (NYSE:CML) - Compellent Technologies, Inc. develop, market, and service enterprise-class network storage solutions in the United States and internationally. It offers Storage Center, a storage area network that enables users to store, recover, and manage data by combining software and hardware into a single integrated solution. The companys Storage Center includes various software products, including Storage Center Core, which provides storage virtualization; Data Progression application that classifies and migrates blocks of data based on user selected policies; Fast Track application, which places the used data on the tracks of each drive; Data Instant Replay application that creates space-efficient copies of data; Server Instant Replay application, which automates booting and recovering servers from the SAN by taking and storing space-efficient copies; Remote Instant Replay application that replicates space-efficient copies between primary and remote data centers; Portable Volume application that enables users to implement initial disaster recovery volumes; Dynamic Capacity application to maximize storage utilization; and Enterprise Manager, which enables multi-site and multi-system management from a single console. It also provides Copilot Service, a customer service and technical support program that integrates installation services, a single point of contact call center, hardware and software maintenance, and onsite field services to enable service delivery and execution for Storage Center end users. Compellent Technologies serves various industries, including accounting, agriculture, automotive, construction, education, entertainment, financial services, food services, government, healthcare, insurance, legal, manufacturing, media, real estate, retail, scientific, technology, and travel. It sells Storage Center primarily to mid-size enterprises through its all-channel assisted sales model. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
BANK OF IRELAND-SPONS ADR (NYSE:IRE) - The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland provides banking and other financial services to small and medium-sized commercial and industrial companies in Ireland and internationally. The companys products include interest and non-interest bearing current accounts; demand and time deposit accounts; loans to customers, including overdrafts, installment credit and finance lease receivables, business and corporate lending, mortgage loans for house purchases, as well as home improvement and secured personal loans to existing mortgage customers. It also provides international asset financing, leasing, debt factoring, foreign exchange facilities, interest and exchange rate hedging instruments, executor and trustee services, life assurance/pension/investment fund management, fund administration and custodial services, telephone and online banking, and financial advisory services, including mergers and acquisitions, and underwriting. As of March 31, 2009, the company operated in Ireland through 248 full time branches and 1,292 ATMs. The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland was founded in 1783 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC-A (NASDAQ:CWST) - Casella Waste Systems, Inc. provides solid waste management services consisting of collection, transfer, disposal, and recycling services primarily in the eastern United States. It offers non-hazardous solid waste services, including collection operations, transfer stations, material recycling facilities, and disposal facilities. The company also markets recyclable metals, aluminum, plastics, and paper and corrugated cardboard, which have been processed at its facilities; and recyclables purchased from third parties. In addition, it generates and sells electricity under a contract at a waste-to-energy facility. The company serves residential, commercial, municipal, and industrial customers in Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Michigan, and Wisconsin. It has a 50% joint venture with US GreenFiber LLC to manufacture, market, and sell cellulose insulation made from recycled fiber. As of May 31, 2009, the company owned and/or operated 32 solid waste collection operations, 31 transfer stations, 37 recycling facilities, 9 subtitle D landfills, 1 landfill permitted to accept construction and demolition materials, and 1 waste-to-energy facility. Casella Waste Systems, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Rutland, Vermont.
VIVUS INC (NASDAQ:VVUS) - VIVUS, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of therapeutic products for underserved markets in the United States. It offers MUSE, a minimally invasive therapy for erectile dysfunction. The companys investigational product pipeline includes Qnexa that has completed Phase 3 clinical trials for obesity, and Phase 2 clinical trials for diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea; Avanafil, which is in phase 3 clinical trials to treat erectile dysfunction; and Luramist, which has completed phase 2 clinical trials for the treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in women. It has a development, licensing, and supply agreement with Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd. for the development and commercialization of Avanafil; and licensing agreements with Acrux and its subsidiary to develop and commercialize Luramist and Evamist in the United States. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
OPTI INC (OTCBB:OPTI) - OPTi, Inc. engages in licensing its intellectual property for use principally by personal computer manufacturers and semiconductor device manufacturers. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
BLUE DOLPHIN ENER (NASDAQ:BDCO) - Blue Dolphin Energy Company, incorporated in January 1986, is a holding company and conducts substantially all of its operations through its subsidiaries. The Company conducts its business activities in two primary business segments: pipeline transportation and related services for producer/shippers managed by Blue Dolphin Pipe Line Company, and oil and gas exploration and production managed by Blue Dolphin Petroleum Company and Blue Dolphin Exploration Company.
Pipeline Operations and Activities
The economic return on the pipeline system investments is solely dependent upon the amounts of gas and condensate gathered and transported through the Company's pipeline systems. The level of throughput on Blue Dolphin's pipeline systems is significantly below full capacity. Pipeline assets are held in, and operations conducted by, Blue Dolphin Pipe Line Company.
The Blue Dolphin Pipeline System includes the Blue Dolphin Pipeline, an offshore platform, the Buccaneer Pipeline, onshore facilities for condensate and gas separation and dehydration, 85,000 barrels of above-ground tankage for storage of crude oil and condensate, a barge loading terminal on the Intracoastal Waterway and 360 acres of land in Brazoria County, Texas where the Blue Dolphin Pipeline comes ashore and where the pipeline system shore facilities, pipeline easements and rights-of-way are located (Blue Dolphin System). The Company owns an 83% undivided interest in the Blue Dolphin System. The Blue Dolphin System gathers and transports gas and condensate from various offshore fields in the Galveston Area in the Gulf of Mexico to shore facilities located in Freeport, Texas. After processing, the gas is transported to an end user and a major intrastate pipeline system with further downstream tie-ins to other intrastate and interstate pipeline systems and end users.
The Blue Dolphin Pipeline consists of two segments. The offshore segment transports both gas and liquids (crude oil and condensate) and is comprised of approximately 34 miles of 20-inch pipeline from a platform in Galveston Area Block 288 to shore. The offshore segment includes a platform and five field-gathering lines totaling approximately 27 miles, connected to the main 20-inch line. An additional four miles of 20-inch pipeline onshore connects the offshore segment to the onshore facility at Freeport, Texas. The onshore segment consists of approximately two miles of 16-inch pipeline for transportation of gas from the shore facility to a sales point at a Freeport, Texas chemical plants' complex and intrastate pipeline system tie-in. The Buccaneer Pipeline, an 8-inch liquids pipeline, transports crude oil and condensate from the storage tanks to the Company's barge-loading terminal on the Intracoastal Waterway near Freeport, Texas for sale to third parties.
The Blue Dolphin System has an aggregate capacity of approximately 160 million cubic feet (MMcf) per day of gas and 7,000 barrels per day of crude oil and condensate. Gas throughput for the Blue Dolphin System averaged approximately 6% during 2005. The Blue Dolphin System is transporting approximately 9 MMcf of gas per day. All gas and liquids volumes transported in 2005 and 2004 were attributable to production from third party producer/shippers.
Blue Dolphin owns an 83% ownership interest in an 8-inch, 12.78 mile pipeline extending from Galveston Area (GA) Block 350 to an interconnect with a transmission pipeline in Galveston Area Block 391, approximately 14 miles south of the Blue Dolphin Pipeline. System capacity on the GA 350 Pipeline is 65 MMcf of gas per day. Gas throughput for the GA 350 Pipeline averaged approximately 18% and 26% of capacity during 2005 and 2004, respectively. The pipeline transports approximately 9 MMcf of gas per day. All gas and liquids volumes transported were attributable to production from third party producer/ shippers.
The Company also owns an 83% undivided interest in the Omega Pipeline, which is inactive. The Omega Pipeline originates in the High Island Area, East Addition Block A-173 and extend
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