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Market Maker Surveillance Report. TLT, C, XLP, EK, XPRT, YHOO, Highest Net Buy Volume With Lowest Price Friction For Wednesday


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March 9, 2011 / 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 2575 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2182 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2965 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. ISHARES BARCLAYS 20+ YEAR TR (NYSE:TLT), CITIGROUP INC (NYSE:C), CONSUMER STAPLES SPDR (NYSE:XLP), EASTMAN KODAK CO (NYSE:EK), LECG Corporation - Common Stock (NASDAQ:XPRT), YAHOO! INC (NASDAQ:YHOO). 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
     TLT        $0.870       0.97%        5,735,696       64.41%       3,600,341       40.43%       2,135,355       24,544  
     C          $0.010       0.22%        174,187,001     50.93%       158,341,805     46.30%       15,845,196      15,845,196
     XLP        $0.150       0.50%        8,523,769       57.58%       6,334,716       42.79%       2,189,053       145,937 
     EK         $0.190       5.97%        7,457,774       51.61%       5,553,459       38.43%       1,904,315       100,227 
     XPRT       $0.100       44.74%       14,469,788      54.69%       11,987,336      45.31%       2,482,452       248,245 
     YHOO       $0.610       3.60%        17,182,864      53.05%       15,176,349      46.86%       2,006,515       32,894  
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 TLT with a Net Buy Volume of 2,135,355 shares and a Friction Factor of 24,544 shares. That means that it takes 24,544 more shares of buying than selling to move TLT 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.

ISHARES BARCLAYS 20+ YEAR TR (NYSE:TLT) - ISHARES LEHMAN 20

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.

CONSUMER STAPLES SPDR (NYSE:XLP) - CONSUMER STAP SPD

EASTMAN KODAK CO (NYSE:EK) - Eastman Kodak Company provides imaging technology products and services to the photographic and graphic communications markets worldwide. It operates in three segments: Consumer Digital Imaging Group (CDG); Film, Photofinishing, and Entertainment Group (FPEG); and Graphic Communications Group (GCG). The CDG segment offers consumer digital capture and devices, including digital still and pocket video cameras, digital picture frames, imaging essentials, accessories, memory products, snapshot printers and related media; retail kiosks and consumables, consumer and retailer software workflows, remote business monitoring, retail store merchandising and identity programs, and after sale service and support; imaging sensors; and all-in-one inkjet printers. It also provides online merchandise and sharing services. The FPEG segment comprises traditional photographic products and services, including paper, film, and chemistry used for consumer, professional, and industrial imaging applications, as well as those products and services used in the creation of motion pictures. It manufactures and markets motion picture, consumer, professional, industrial, and aerial films; one-time-use cameras; photographic paper and photo chemicals; and industrial components. The GCG segment provides digital and traditional prepress equipment and consumables, including plates, chemistry, and media; workflow software and digital controller development; color, and black and white electrophotographic equipment and consumables; commercial inkjet printing systems; production and workgroup document scanners; and micrographic peripherals and media. It also provides imaging services; and maintenance and professional services for other manufacturers products. This segment serves various customers in the creative, in-plant, data center, commercial printing, packaging, newspaper, and digital service bureau market segments. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York.

LECG Corporation - Common Stock (NASDAQ:XPRT) - LECG Corporation (LECG) provides expert services, including economic and financial analysis, expert testimony, litigation support and strategic management consulting. The Company's experts are either its employees or independent contractors. Services are provided by academics, recognized industry leaders and former high-level government officials with the assistance of a professional support staff. These experts deliver independent expert testimony and original studies in both adversarial and non-adversarial environments, and conducts economic, financial and statistical analyses to provide opinions and strategic advice to legislative, judicial, regulatory and business decision makers. These services are provided primarily in the United States from Emeryville, California, and the Company's 19 other offices across the country. LECG also has international offices in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, New Zealand, South Korea, Spain and the United Kingdom. During the year ended December 31, 2004, LECG increased the number of its experts to 289 and increased the number of its professional staff by 34% to 398.

LECG provides independent expert testimony, original authoritative studies and strategic advice to Fortune Global 500 companies, major law firms and local, state and federal government agencies in the United States and internationally. Its experts include faculty and former faculty from many of the world's universities.

These experts include contributors to academic and professional literature in economics and finance, forensic accounting, electronic discovery, environmental damages assessment, telecommunications regulation and deregulation, electricity market design, public policy, healthcare and intellectual property valuation. Many of these experts also have hands-on industry experience or have worked in or with government agencies, such as the United States Department of Justice, the United States Federal Trade Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency and national treasuries around the world.

LECG's management structure is decentralized, and it provides experts with autonomy and intellectual freedom. The Company also develops experts from within the firm. Its experts and professional staff have specialized knowledge in economic, financial and statistical theories, electronic data organization, forensic accounting and other areas requiring complex analyses. In addition, these experts and professional staff also possess in-depth knowledge of specific markets, regulations and industries.

Expert Testimony

LECG's experts provide independent oral and written expert testimony on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants in trial, arbitration and mediation proceedings, as well as in matters before regulatory agencies and legislative bodies. The Company's experts have testified throughout the world on matters, such as antitrust, class certification, complex merger filings, contract damages, employment discrimination, damage quantification and on the valuation of a range of intellectual property assets, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and trade dress.

Authoritative Studies

LECG prepares and provides independent authoritative studies generally in connection with litigation, such as studies containing detailed economic, financial and statistical analyses. Authoritative studies are often commissioned in support of expert testimony or to analyze proposed regulations or legislation. Large amounts of information and data must often be assembled by staff to facilitate these analyses. The Company also conducts studies that are used during arbitration and negotiation.

Advisory Services

LECG's experts and professional staff provide independent strategic advice and expert consulting, particularly in industries with a heavy regulatory or legal component. This advice is usually provided to senior management of clients. Services include the analysis and evaluation of potential mergers and the integration of businesses, the economic analysis of prospective investments, risk ma

YAHOO! INC (NASDAQ:YHOO) - Yahoo! Inc. provides online properties and services to users; and marketing services to advertisers worldwide. Its integrated consumer experiences offerings include the Yahoo! Home Page, My Yahoo!, Yahoo! Toolbar, Yahoo! Local, and Connected TV over the Web, mobile, or TV; communications offerings comprise Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger, which provide a range of communication services to users and small businesses across various devices and broadband Internet access partners; communities offerings consist of Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, and Flickr that enable users to organize into groups and share knowledge, common interests, and photos; search offerings include Yahoo! Search, a search technology, which provides users with a search capability with search results ranked and sorted based on relevance to the users search query. The company also offers media products and solutions comprising online media properties, such as Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Sports, and Yahoo! Entertainment & Lifestyles that are designed to engage users with the online content and services on the Web; and Yahoo! Shopping, Yahoo! Travel, Yahoo! Real Estate, Yahoo! HotJobs, Yahoo! Personals, Yahoo! Autos, and Yahoo! Small Business that enable users to research specific topics, products, services, or areas of interest by reviewing and exchanging information, obtaining contact details, considering offers from providers of goods and services, or parties with similar interests. Its Internet marketing solutions for third-party developers, advertisers, and publishers include display of graphical advertisements, the display of text-based links to an advertisers Website, listing-based services, and commerce-based transactions. In addition, the company provides a range of tools for online display advertising, including rich media, video, and targeting. Yahoo! Inc. has a strategic alliance with Nokia Corporation. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

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