Market Maker Surveillance Report. MDMN, C, MRVL, KFT, STI, ACTC, Highest Net Sell Volume and Negative Price Friction For Monda
March 21, 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 2265 companies with "abnormal" market making, 4155 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1395 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. MEDINAH MINERALS INC (OTC:MDMN), CITIGROUP INC (NYSE:C), MARVELL TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD (NASDAQ:MRVL), KRAFT FOODS INC-CLASS A (NYSE:KFT), SUNTRUST BANKS INC (NYSE:STI), ADVANCED CELL TECHNOLOGY INC (OTC:ACTC). 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 MDMN $-0.017 -15.06% 2,138,359 24.35% 6,642,225 75.65% -4,503,866 -2,588,429 C $-0.060 -1.22% 386,586,984 47.69% 405,796,653 50.06% -19,209,669 -3,201,612 MRVL $-0.110 -0.70% 7,912,357 44.51% 9,840,048 55.35% -1,927,691 -175,245 KFT $-0.160 -0.53% 5,209,734 35.25% 8,214,819 55.58% -3,005,085 -187,818 STI $-0.230 -0.78% 14,863,803 41.46% 17,753,172 49.52% -2,889,369 -125,625 ACTC $-0.016 -8.93% 6,603,080 38.29% 10,084,248 58.48% -3,481,168 -2,245,915Analysis 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 MDMN down $-0.01740 with a Friction Factor of -2,588,429 and a Net Volume of -4,503,866. That means that it takes 2,588,429 more shares of selling than buying to drop MDMN by one penny. On Monday the Market Makers allowed the stock to move down on heavier selling than buying (low negative friction).
MEDINAH MINERALS INC (OTC:MDMN) - Medinah Minerals Inc., a junior mining exploration company, engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties primarily in South America. It primarily explores for gold, silver, copper, and molybdenum. The company was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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.
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD (NASDAQ:MRVL) - Marvell Technology Group Ltd. designs, develops, and markets analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing and embedded microprocessor integrated circuits. The company offers storage products, including storage system-on-a-chip, read channel, hard disk controller, tape drive controllers, solid-state drive controllers, and storage-system products for hard disk drives, tape drive electronics, optical disk drives, solid-state flash drives, and storage subsystems technology; and switching products comprising Prestera switch family, Link Street multi-port integrated switch family, and Link Street gateway products. It also provides communications controller and embedded processor products, such as Discovery Innovation, Discovery system controllers, Horizon WAN communication controllers, Kirkwood embedded processor, and Orion embedded processor; and enterprise transceiver and PC connectivity products consisting of Alaska and Alaska X 10 Gigabit Ethernet transceiver families, Fast Ethernet transceiver family, and Yukon Gigabit Ethernet PC connectivity products. In addition, the company offers cellular and applications processor products that include communications processors, applications processors, and ecosystem partners; wireless and personal area networking products, such as Libertas wireless LAN family and Avastar multi-function wireless networking family; printing ASIC products; and digital video processing products. It also provides power management and green technology products, including DSP switcher integrated regulators, analog switching regulators, and digital PFC controllers. Marvell serves business enterprise, consumer electronics, and emerging markets primarily in the United States, Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.
KRAFT FOODS INC-CLASS A (NYSE:KFT) - Kraft Foods Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets snacks, confectionery, and quick meal products worldwide. The company offers snacks, including cookies, crackers, salted snacks, and chocolate confectionary; beverages, including coffee, packaged juice drinks, and powdered beverages; cheese, including natural, process, and cream cheeses; and grocery, including spoonable and pourable dressings, condiments, and desserts. It also offers convenient meals, including primarily frozen pizza, packaged dinners, lunch combinations, and processed meats. Kraft Foods markets its products primarily under various brand names, including Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Philadelphia, Maxwell House, Jacobs, Nabisco, Oreo, Milka, and LU. The company, through its subsidiary, Cadbury Plc, also offers chocolate products under the Cadbury Dairy Milk, Flake, Creme Egg, and Green & Black's brands; gum products under Trident, Dentyne, Hollywood, and Bubbaloo brands; and candy products under the Halls, Cadbury Eclairs, Bassett's, and The Natural Confectionery Co. brand names. It sells its products to supermarket chains, wholesalers, super centers, club stores, mass merchandisers, distributors, convenience stores, gasoline stations, drug stores, value stores, and other retail food outlets. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Northfield, Illinois. Kraft Foods Inc. operates independently of Altria Group Inc. as of March 30, 2007.
SUNTRUST BANKS INC (NYSE:STI) - SunTrust Banks, Inc. operates as the holding company for SunTrust Bank, which provides various financial services to consumer and corporate customers in the United States. The company operates in four segments: Retail and Commercial, Wealth and Investment Management, Corporate and Investment Banking, and Household Lending. The Retail and Commercial segment offers various financial products and services that include consumer deposits; home equity lines; consumer lines; commercial and commercial real estate lending; financial risk management; insurance premium financing; treasury and payment solutions, including commercial card services; and specialized commercial real estate investments. The Wealth and Investment Management segment provides brokerage, professional investment management services, trust services, and family office solutions. This segment also offers administration and custody services; bundled administrative and investment solutions, including planned giving, charitable trustee, and foundation grant administration services for non-profit organizations; escrow services; portfolio construction and manager due diligence services; and investment advisory services. The Corporate and Investment Banking segment provides investment banking products and services to its clients, such as strategic advice, capital raising, and financial risk management. This segment also offers traditional lending, leasing, treasury management services, and institutional investment management to its clients. The Household Lending segment offers residential mortgages, home equity lines and loans, indirect auto, student, bank card, and other consumer loan products. The company also provides mortgage banking, credit-related insurance, asset management, securities brokerage, and capital markets services. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 1,683 full-service banking offices. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
ADVANCED CELL TECHNOLOGY INC (OTC:ACTC) - Advanced Cell Technology, Inc., a biotechnology company, focuses on the development and commercialization of human embryonic and adult stem cell technology in the field of regenerative medicine. It primarily focuses on cellular reprogramming, reduced complexity program, and stem cell differentiation research programs. The companys cellular reprogramming involves in the development of therapies based on the use of genetically identical pluripotent stem cells generated by its cellular reprogramming technologies. Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. is also generating stable cell lines with particular focus on blood lineage and vascular epithelial cell lines from hemangioblast cells. In addition, it is developing an autologous myoblast transplantation therapy to restore cardiac function in patients with advanced heart disease. The companys stem cell-based therapy would provide treatment for a range of acute and chronic degenerative diseases. Further, it develops adult stem cell-based products that are specifically targeted at therapies for heart and other cardiovascular diseases. The company is headquartered in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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