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Market Maker Surveillance Report. CMS, SO, NI, BAC, SPY, EWZ, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Thursday, January 6th 2011

^{Published on 2011-01-06 17:51:28 - WOPRAI}
 

January 6, 2011 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Thursday. 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 Thursday there were 2739 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2076 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2943 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. CMS ENERGY CORP (NYSE:CMS), SOUTHERN CO (NYSE:SO), NISOURCE INC (NYSE:NI), BANK OF AMERICA CORP (NYSE:BAC), SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST (NYSE:SPY), ISHARES MSCI BRAZIL (NYSE:EWZ). 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
     CMS        $-0.040      -0.21%       4,707,244       74.09%       1,372,021       21.60%       3,335,223       Abnormal
     SO         $-0.250      -0.66%       9,155,939       76.56%       2,391,392       20.00%       6,764,547       Abnormal
     NI         $-0.010      -0.06%       4,734,366       82.93%       836,793         14.66%       3,897,573       Abnormal
     BAC        $-0.080      -0.55%       110,374,442     45.90%       105,531,281     43.89%       4,843,161       Abnormal
     SPY        $-0.340      -0.27%       62,129,426      50.77%       56,924,780      46.51%       5,204,646       Abnormal
     EWZ        $-0.700      -0.90%       11,191,391      80.44%       5,282,543       37.97%       5,908,848       Abnormal

Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above had more buying than selling on Thursday 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 EWZ with 5,908,848 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.70000. 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.

CMS ENERGY CORP (NYSE:CMS) - CMS Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company primarily in Michigan. It operates in three segments: Electric Utility, Gas Utility, and Enterprises. The Electric Utility segment engages in the generation, purchase, distribution, and sale of electricity. The Gas Utility segment involves in the purchase, transmission, storage, distribution, and sale of natural gas. The Enterprises segment engages in independent power production and marketing. This segment owns power generation facilities fueled mostly by natural gas and biomass. At December 31, 2009, this segment had ownership interests in independent power plants totaling 1,202 gross Megawatt. The company serves individuals and companies operating in the alternative energy, automotive, chemical, metal, food products, and various other industries. As of December 31, 2009, it served 1.8 million electric customers and 1.7 million gas customers. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in Jackson, Michigan.

SOUTHERN CO (NYSE:SO) - Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, operates as a utility company that provides electric service in the southeastern United States. The company generates, transmits, and distributes electricity through coal, nuclear, oil and gas, and hydro resources. It offers electric service primarily in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi; and serves approximately 4.4 million retail customers with approximately 42,000 megawatts of generating capacity. Southern Company also constructs, acquires, owns, and manages generation assets and sells electricity in the wholesale market. Its transmission assets include 27,000 miles of transmission lines and 3,400 substations. The company also provides digital wireless communications, such as push to talk, cellular service, text messaging, wireless Internet access, and wireless data to approximately 300,000 subscribers in the southeast; and wholesale fiber optic solutions to telecommunication providers under the name Southern Telecom. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

NISOURCE INC (NYSE:NI) - NiSource Inc., an energy holding company, through its subsidiaries, provides natural gas, electricity, and other products and services. It operates in four segments: Gas Distribution Operations, Gas Transmission and Storage Operations, Electric Operations, and Other Operations. The Gas Distribution Operations segment provides natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. As of December 31, 2009, it served approximately 3.3 million customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Indiana, and Massachusetts, as well as owned and operated a total of 57,785 miles of pipelines. The Gas Transmission and Storage Operations segment owned and operated 15 thousand miles of interstate pipelines, and operated underground natural gas storage systems capable of storing approximately 639 billion cubic feet of natural gas. The Electric Operations segment generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to approximately 457 thousand customers in the northern part of Indiana, and engages in wholesale and transmission transactions. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 3 coal-fired electric generating stations with a net capability of 2,574 megawatt (mw), 4 gas-fired generating units with a net capability of 203 mw, and 2 hydroelectric generating plants with a net capability of 10 mw, as well as a combined cycle gas turbine plant with a capacity of 535 mw. The Other Operations segment primarily engages in gas and power marketing, and ventures focused on distributed power generation technologies, including cogeneration facilities, fuel cells, and storage systems. The company was formerly known as NIPSCO Industries, Inc. and changed its name to NiSource Inc. in April 1999. NiSource Inc. was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana.

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.

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