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Market Maker Surveillance Report. SCHW, RF, WFC, BAC, C, XLF, Highest Net Buy Volume With Lowest Price Friction For Wednesday,

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December 8, 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 2704 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2154 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3078 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the highest net buy volume on Wednesday and lowest price Friction (bullish). This means that there was more buying than selling in the stocks and their stock prices rose faster with less Friction. SCHWAB (NYSE:SCHW), REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP (NYSE:RF), WELLS FARGO & CO (NYSE:WFC), BANK OF AMERICA CORP (NYSE:BAC), CITIGROUP INC (NYSE:C), FINANCIAL SELECT SECTOR SPDR (NYSE:XLF). 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
     SCHW       $0.540       3.31%        7,451,714       58.34%       5,151,987       40.33%       2,299,727       42,588  
     RF         $0.310       5.16%        21,187,384      50.63%       16,468,867      39.35%       4,718,517       152,210 
     WFC        $0.890       3.13%        14,808,210      48.27%       11,910,421      38.82%       2,897,789       32,559  
     BAC        $0.440       3.79%        115,549,372     50.07%       94,859,699      41.10%       20,689,673      470,220 
     C          $0.010       0.22%        506,373,783     56.74%       370,186,137     41.48%       136,187,646     136,187,646
     XLF        $0.270       1.78%        56,051,015      58.59%       41,758,502      43.65%       14,292,513      529,352 

Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above have high net dollar gains (Change) and very 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 XLF with a Net Buy Volume of 14,292,513 shares and a Friction Factor of 529,352 shares. That means that it takes 529,352 more shares of buying than selling to move XLF higher by one penny. This means the Market Makers are allowing the stock to move up higher as of Wednesday (lower friction). And with one of the highest Net Buy Volumes, the combination of low friction and high net buy volume is bullish.

SCHWAB (NYSE:SCHW) - The Charles Schwab Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides securities brokerage, banking, and related financial services to individuals and institutional clients. The company offers various brokerage products and services comprising asset management accounts, including accounts with check-writing features, debit card, and billpay; individual retirement accounts; retirement plans for small to large businesses; 529 college savings accounts; separately managed accounts; designated brokerage accounts; equity incentive plan accounts; and margin loans, as well as access to fixed income securities, equity and debt offerings, and exchange traded funds. It also offers various banking products and services, including first mortgages, home equity lines of credit, pledged-asset loans, certificates of deposit, demand deposit accounts, checking accounts linked to brokerage accounts, savings accounts, and credit cards. In addition, the company provides trust custody services, personal trust reporting services, and administrative trustee services; and mutual funds, such as third-party mutual funds, no-load mutual funds, proprietary mutual funds, other third-party mutual funds, and mutual fund trading and clearing services to broker-dealers. Further, it provides research, analytic tools, performance reports, market analysis, and educational materials. Additionally, the company offers custodial, trading, technology, practice management, trust asset, and other support services to independent investment advisors; and retirement plan services, plan administrator services, and stock plan services. It operates primarily in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP (NYSE:RF) - Regions Financial Corporation operates as the holding company for the Regions Bank that provides a range of commercial, retail, and mortgage banking services in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. It offers various deposit products, including savings accounts, transaction accounts, money market accounts, and foreign deposits, as well as time deposits, including certificate of deposits and individual retirement accounts. The companys loan portfolio comprises commercial and industrial loans, including financial and agricultural, and owner occupied mortgage and construction loans; investor real estate loans, such as commercial real estate mortgage and construction loans; and consumer loans consisting of residential first mortgage, home equity, indirect, and other consumer loans. Regions Financial Corporation, through other subsidiaries, also provides regional brokerage and investment banking products and services, such as securities brokerage, asset management, financial planning, mutual funds, securities underwriting, sales and trading, investment banking services, and trust services, as well as insurance brokerage services for various lines of personal and commercial insurance, including property, casualty, life, health, accident, credit-related insurance, and debt cancellation products. In addition, the company provides domestic and international equipment financing products primarily to commercial clients. As of February 22, 2010, it offered its banking services approximately through 1,800 full-service banking offices and 2,200 automated teller machines; and investment and securities brokerage services through 300 offices. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.

WELLS FARGO & CO (NYSE:WFC) - Wells Fargo & Company, through its subsidiaries, provides retail, commercial, and corporate banking services principally in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Community Banking; Wholesale Banking; and Wealth, Brokerage, and Retirement. The Community Banking segment offers deposit products, including checking accounts, savings deposits, market rate accounts, individual retirement accounts, time deposits, and debit cards. Its loan products include lines of credit, equity lines and loans, equipment and transportation loans, education loans, residential mortgage loans, and credit cards. This segment also provides receivables and inventory financing, equipment leases, real estate financing, small business administration financing, venture capital financing, cash management, payroll services, retirement plans, and merchant payment processing services; consumer and real estate loans to individuals; and loans secured by autos, as well as purchases sales finance contracts from retail merchants. The Wholesale Banking segment provides commercial and corporate banking products and services, including commercial loans and lines of credit, letters of credit, asset-based lending, equipment leasing, mezzanine financing, high-yield debt, foreign exchange services, treasury management, investment management, institutional fixed-income sales, commodity and equity risk management, insurance, corporate trust fiduciary and agency services, and investment banking services. This segment also provides banking products for commercial real estate market, and mortgage brokerage services. The Wealth, Brokerage, and Retirement segment offers financial advisory, lending, fiduciary, and investment management services. As of December 31, 2009, Wells Fargo & Company provided its services through approximately 10,000 banking stores located in 39 states and the District of Columbia. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

BANK OF AMERICA CORP (NYSE:BAC) - Bank of America Corporation, a financial holding company, provides banking and nonbanking financial services and products to individual consumers, small- and middle-market businesses, large corporations, and governments in the United States and internationally. The companys Deposits segment generates savings accounts, money market savings accounts, certificate of deposits, individual retirement accounts, and checking accounts; and Global Card Services segment provides the U.S. consumer and business card, consumer lending, international card and debit card services. Its Home Loans & Insurance segment offers consumer real estate products and services, including mortgage loans, reverse mortgages, home equity lines of credit, and home equity loans. It also provides property, casualty, life, disability, and credit insurance. The companys Global Banking segment offers lending products, including commercial loans and commitment facilities, real estate lending, leasing, trade finance, short-term credit, asset-based lending, and indirect consumer loans; capital management and treasury solutions, such as treasury management, foreign exchange, and short-term investing options; and investment banking services comprising debt and equity underwriting and distribution, and merger-related advisory services. Its Global Markets segment provides financial products, advisory services, financing, securities clearing, settlement, and custody services. The companys Global Wealth & Investment Management segment offers investment and brokerage services, estate management, financial planning services, fiduciary management, credit and banking expertise, and asset management products. Bank of America Corporation serves customers through a network of approximately 6,011 banking centers, 18,262 automated teller machines, telephone, and online and mobile banking channels. The company was founded in 1874 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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.

FINANCIAL SELECT SECTOR SPDR (NYSE:XLF) - FINANCIAL SEL SPD

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