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Market Maker Surveillance Report. SMH, C, MU, CSCO, INTC, MFE, Highest Net Sell Volume and Negative Price Friction For Monday,


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February 28, 2011 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Monday. 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 Monday there were 2763 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3185 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2187 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the highest net sell volume on Monday 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. SEMICONDUCTOR HOLDRS TRUST (NYSE:SMH), CITIGROUP INC (NYSE:C), MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC (NASDAQ:MU), CISCO SYSTEMS INC (NASDAQ:CSCO), INTEL CORP (NASDAQ:INTC), MCAFEE INC (NYSE:MFE). 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
     SMH        $-0.130      -0.36%       6,014,866       38.07%       9,394,100       59.45%       -3,379,234      -259,941
     C          $-0.020      -0.53%       191,102,397     44.17%       231,356,621     53.47%       -40,254,224     -20,127,112
     MU         $-0.310      -2.71%       19,408,858      39.56%       29,081,929      59.28%       -9,673,071      -312,035
     CSCO       $-0.040      -0.21%       23,078,747      35.72%       41,174,647      63.72%       -18,095,900     -4,523,975
     INTC       $-0.310      -1.41%       28,924,782      42.58%       37,749,718      55.57%       -8,824,936      -284,675
     MFE        $-0.010      -0.02%       494,554         6.44%        7,096,830       92.44%       -6,602,276      -6,602,276
Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above have low price friction combined with more selling than buying (negative Net Volume) 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 SMH down $-0.13000 with a Friction Factor of -259,941 and a Net Volume of -3,379,234. That means that it takes 259,941 more shares of selling than buying to drop SMH by one penny. On Monday the Market Makers allowed the stock to move down on heavier selling than buying (low negative friction).

SEMICONDUCTOR HOLDRS TRUST (NYSE:SMH) - Semicndctr Hldrs

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.

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC (NASDAQ:MU) - Micron Technology, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and marketing of semiconductor devices worldwide. Its products include dynamic random access memory (DRAM) products that provide data storage and retrieval, which include DDR, DDR2, DDR3, and other specialty DRAM memory products, such as SDRAM, mobile DRAM, pseudo-static RAM, and reduced latency DRAM. The company also offers NAND flash memory products, which are electrically re-writeable and non-volatile semiconductor devices that retain content when power is turned off. Micron Technologys products are used in a range of electronic applications, including personal computers, workstations, network servers, mobile phones, flash memory cards, USB storage devices, digital still cameras, MP3/4 players, and in automotive applications. It sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and retailers through internal sales force, independent sales representatives, and distributors, as well as Web-based customer direct sales channel. Micron Technology, Inc. has joint ventures with Intel Corporation, Singapore Economic Development Board, Canon Inc., and Hewlett-Packard Company, Nanya Technology Corporation, and Photronics, Inc. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

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.

INTEL CORP (NASDAQ:INTC) - Intel Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells integrated circuits for computing and communications industries worldwide. It offers microprocessor products used in notebooks, netbooks, desktops, servers, workstations, storage products, embedded applications, communications products, consumer electronics devices, and handhelds. The company also offers system on chip products that integrate its core processing functionalities with other system components, such as graphics, audio, and video, onto a single chip. It also provides chipset products that send data between the microprocessor and input, display, and storage devices, such as keyboard, mouse, monitor, hard drive, and CD or DVD drives; motherboards that has connectors for attaching devices to the bus, and products designed for desktop, server, and workstation platforms; and wired and wireless connectivity products, including network adapters and embedded wireless cards used to translate and transmit data across networks. In addition, Intel offers NAND flash memory products primarily used in portable memory storage devices, digital camera memory cards, and solid-state drives; network processors used in networking equipment to manage and direct data moving across networks and the Internet; software products, including operating systems, middleware, and tools used to develop, run, and manage various enterprise, consumer, embedded, and handheld devices, as well as software development tools that enable the creation of applications; and healthcare products designed to connect people and information to improve patient care and safety. Further, it offers platforms that include a microprocessor, chipset, and enabling software. Intel sells its products primarily to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, PC and network communications products users, and other manufacturers of industrial and communications equipment. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

MCAFEE INC (NYSE:MFE) - McAfee, Inc. operates as a security technology company that secures systems and networks worldwide. The companys endpoint security offerings secure corporate and consumer computer systems, which are connected to corporate systems and networks, and home PCs; system security products include anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-spam, desktop firewall, host intrusion prevention, Web security, host network access control, Web filtering for endpoint, and device control; endpoint encryption products use encryption to safeguard information residing on various devices; and data loss prevention products prevent unintentional data loss; consumer security offerings shield consumers from identity theft, phishing scams, spyware, malicious Web sites, and other threats that endanger the online experience; and mobile security solutions safeguard mobile terminals, applications, and content. Its network security offerings comprise firewall, intrusion detection and prevention, network access control, network behavior analysis, network threat response, Web, email, and data loss prevention security appliances and solutions; and McAfee SECURE standard provides a level of security that an online merchant can reasonably achieve to help provide consumers with better protection when interacting with Web sites and shopping online. The companys risk and compliance offerings provide real-time insight into risk, vulnerabilities, and compliance profile; and compliance and availability solutions include change control, application control, policy auditor, and PCI compliance. Its security software-as-a-service portfolio includes protection for endpoints, email, and the Web, as well as vulnerability assessment. McAfee, Inc. has strategic alliances with Intel Corporation, BMC Software, Inc, and Citrix Systems, Inc. It was formerly known as Network Associates, Inc. and changed its name to McAfee, Inc. in June 2004. McAfee, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

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