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Market Maker Surveillance Report. C, WFC, CSCO, HPQ, F, UNG, Highest Net Sell Volume and Negative Price Friction For Thursday,

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February 24, 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 2754 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2581 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2478 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the highest net sell volume on Thursday and lowest negative price Friction (bearish). This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices dropped faster with less Friction. CITIGROUP INC (NYSE:C), WELLS FARGO & CO (NYSE:WFC), CISCO SYSTEMS INC (NASDAQ:CSCO), HEWLETT-PACKARD CO (NYSE:HPQ), FORD MOTOR CO (NYSE:F), US NATURAL GAS FUND LP (NYSE:UNG). 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
     C          $-0.010      -0.21%       277,665,657     47.74%       284,558,138     48.92%       -6,892,481      -6,892,481
     WFC        $-0.060      -0.19%       13,867,799      39.81%       15,915,545      45.69%       -2,047,746      -341,291
     CSCO       $-0.040      -0.22%       33,053,944      47.67%       36,263,454      52.30%       -3,209,510      -802,378
     HPQ        $-1.350      -3.10%       21,779,284      38.40%       27,799,147      49.02%       -6,019,863      -44,592 
     F          $-0.160      -1.08%       51,762,751      43.23%       54,608,710      45.61%       -2,845,959      -177,872
     UNG        $-0.090      -1.71%       14,642,771      45.06%       18,140,520      55.83%       -3,497,749      -388,639

For example, the chart above shows C down $-0.01000 with a Friction Factor of -6,892,481 and a Net Volume of -6,892,481. That means that it takes 6,892,481 more shares of selling than buying to drop C by one penny. On Monday the Market Makers allowed the stock to move down on heavier selling than buying (low negative friction).

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.

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.

CISCO SYSTEMS INC (NASDAQ:CSCO) - Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking and other products to the communications and IT industry worldwide. The company offers routers that interconnect public and private IP networks for mobile, data, voice, and video applications; switching systems, which provide connectivity to end users, workstations, IP phones, access points, and servers; application networking services; home networking products, such as voice and data modems, routers and gateways, Internet video cameras, home entertainment storage, wireless home audio, and home network management software; and network and content security, email, and Web security products. It also provides storage area networking products that deliver connectivity between servers and storage systems; unified communication products to integrate voice, video, data, and mobile applications on fixed and mobile networks; video systems, including digital set-top boxes and digital media products; and wireless systems. In addition, the company offers optical networking products, cable access, and service provider VoIP services; and Cisco TelePresence systems and exchange services, physical security and video surveillance, digital media systems, and building systems to manage energy efficiency. It serves enterprise businesses, public institutions, telecommunications companies, commercial businesses, and personal residences through systems integrators, service providers, resellers, distributors, and retail partners. Cisco Systems has strategic alliances with Accenture Ltd; AT&T Inc.; Cap Gemini S.A.; EMC Corporation; Fujitsu Limited; Intel Corporation; International Business Machines Corporation; Italtel SpA; Johnson Controls Inc.; Microsoft Corporation; Nokia; Nokia Siemens Networks; Oracle Corporation; SAP AG; Sprint Nextel Corporation; Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.; VMware, Inc.; and Wipro Limited. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

HEWLETT-PACKARD CO (NYSE:HPQ) - Hewlett-Packard Company offers various products, technologies, software, solutions, and services worldwide. The companys Services segment provides consulting, outsourcing, and technology services to infrastructure, applications, and business process domains. It serves manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, communications, energy, transportation, and consumer and retail industries, as well as governments. Its Enterprise Storage and Servers segment offers storage and server products and solutions for industry standard servers, business critical systems, and storage works offerings. The companys HP Software segment provides enterprise IT management solutions, information management and business intelligence solutions, and communications and media solutions. Its Personal Systems Group segment offers personal computers (PCs) comprising commercial PCs, consumer PCs, workstations, handheld computing devices, calculators, and other related accessories, and software and services for the commercial and consumer markets. The companys Imaging and Printing Group segment provides consumer and commercial printer hardware, printing supplies, printing media, and scanning devices, such as inkjet and Web solutions, laserjet and enterprise solutions, managed enterprise solutions, graphics solutions, and printer supplies. Its HP Financial Services segment offers leasing, financing, utility programs, and asset recovery services; and financial asset management services for enterprise customers, as well as specialized financial services to SMBs, and educational and governmental entities. The company also provides various network infrastructure products, including Ethernet switch products that enhance computing and enterprise solutions under the brand name of ProCurve Networking. Hewlett-Packard Company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

FORD MOTOR CO (NYSE:F) - Ford Motor Company designs, develops, manufactures, and services cars and trucks worldwide. It operates in two sectors, Automotive and Financial Services. The Automotive sector sells vehicles under Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, and Volvo brand names. This sector markets cars, trucks, and parts through retail dealers in North America, and through distributors and dealers outside of North America. It also sells cars and trucks to dealers for sale to fleet customers, including daily rental car companies, commercial fleet customers, leasing companies, and governments. In addition, this sector provides retail customers with a range of after-the-sale vehicle services and products in areas, such as maintenance and light repair, heavy repair, collision, vehicle accessories, and extended service warranty under the Genuine Ford, Lincoln-Mercury Parts and Service, Ford Custom Accessories, Ford Extended Service Plan, and Motorcraft brand names. The Financial Services sector offers various automotive financing products to and through automotive dealers. It offers retail financing, which includes purchasing retail installment sale contracts and retail lease contracts from dealers, and financing to commercial customers to purchase or lease vehicle fleets; wholesale financing that comprises making loans to dealers to finance the purchase of vehicle inventory; and other financing, which consists of making loans to dealers for working capital, improvements to dealership facilities, and to purchase or finance dealership real estate. This sector also services the finance receivables and leases that it originates and purchases, makes loans to its affiliates, purchases receivables, and provides insurance services related to its financing programs. Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903 and is based in Dearborn, Michigan.

US NATURAL GAS FUND LP (NYSE:UNG) - United States Natural Gas Fund LP

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