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Market Maker Surveillance Report. XLF, SPY, BAC, TSM, SSO, ITUB, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Thursday, February 24th 2

^{Published on 2011-02-24 18:11:39 - WOPRAI}
 

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 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. FINANCIAL SELECT SECTOR SPDR (NYSE:XLF), SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST (NYSE:SPY), BANK OF AMERICA CORP (NYSE:BAC), TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR (NYSE:TSM), PROSHARES ULTRA S&P500 (NYSE:SSO), ITAU UNIBANCO HLDNG-PREF ADR (NYSE:ITUB). 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
     XLF        $-0.040      -0.24%       45,072,887      56.16%       35,097,157      43.73%       9,975,730       Abnormal
     SPY        $-0.420      -0.32%       128,377,492     50.55%       114,631,187     45.14%       13,746,305      Abnormal
     BAC        $-0.190      -1.34%       90,932,939      46.70%       86,426,637      44.38%       4,506,302       Abnormal
     TSM        $-0.160      -1.30%       15,642,938      52.64%       11,493,572      38.68%       4,149,366       Abnormal
     SSO        $-0.320      -0.62%       10,732,677      53.96%       9,292,874       46.73%       1,439,803       Abnormal
     ITUB       $-0.250      -1.13%       12,100,530      57.20%       9,107,554       43.05%       2,992,976       Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows XLF with 9,975,730 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.04000. 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.

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

SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST (NYSE:SPY) - S&P DEP RECEIPTS

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.

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR (NYSE:TSM) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited engages in the computer-aided designing, manufacturing, packaging, testing, and selling integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices; and manufacturing masks. It offers a range of wafer fabrication processes, including processes to manufacture complementary metal oxide silicon (CMOS) logic, mixed-signal, radio frequency, embedded memory, BiCMOS mixed-signal, and other semiconductors. The companys semiconductor products include logic semiconductors that process digital data to control the operation of electronic systems, as well as standard logic devices that include microprocessors, microcontrollers, digital signal processors, graphic chips, and chip sets; and mixed-signal/RF semiconductors, which combine analog and digital devices on a single semiconductor to process analog and digital data for use in hard disk drives, wireless communications equipment, and network communications equipment. It also offers memory semiconductors that are used in electronic systems to store data and program instructions; CMOS image sensor semiconductors, which are primarily used in camera phones; and high voltage semiconductors, including high voltage CMOS, bipolar-CMOS-DMOS, and ultra-high voltage technology products for use in various panel-size display driver and power IC applications. In addition, the company offers design and technology platforms, and multi-project wafer processing services. It serves fabless semiconductor and systems companies, and integrated device manufacturers primarily in North America, Asia, and Europe. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

PROSHARES ULTRA S&P500 (NYSE:SSO) - ULTRA SP500 PROSHRS

ITAU UNIBANCO HLDNG-PREF ADR (NYSE:ITUB) - Ita Unibanco Holding S.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides commercial, corporate, and investment banking services to individuals, small and middle-market companies, and large corporations in Brazil and internationally. The companys deposit products include demand, savings, time, and other deposits, as well as deposits from banks. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial, real estate, lease financing, government, agricultural, and personal loans. The company also offers pension fund and mutual fund management, securities services, credit cards, and asset management services; life, property, casualty, and vehicle insurance, as well as private retirement plans and capitalization products; and credit products, such as investment capital loans, working capital loans, inventory financing, equipment leasing services, and letters of credit. In addition, it provides collection and electronic payment services; credit card transactions; factoring, corporate finance, and insurance brokerage and trading; and vehicle lending, private banking, and treasury services. Further, the company offers financial products, such as trade financing, loans from multilateral credit agencies, off-shore loans, international cash management services, foreign exchange, letters of credit, guarantees required in international bidding processes, derivatives for hedging or proprietary trading purposes, structured transactions, and international capital markets offerings. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 3,936 branches, 948 customer site branches, and 30,276 automated teller machines in Brazil and internationally. Ita Unibanco Holding S.A. was formerly known as Ita Unibanco Banco Mltiplo S.A. and changed its name to Ita Unibanco Holding S.A. in April 2009. The company was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Ita Unibanco Holding S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Itau Unibanco Participacoes S.A.

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