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Market Maker Surveillance Report. NCT, HAL, JPM, Q, IAU, RF, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Thursday, March 24th 2011

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March 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 2484 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3282 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1911 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. NEWCASTLE INVESTMENT CORP (NYSE:NCT), HALLIBURTON CO (NYSE:HAL), JPMORGAN CHASE & CO (NYSE:JPM), QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTL (NYSE:Q), ISHARES GOLD TRUST (AMEX:IAU), REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP (NYSE:RF). 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
     NCT        $-0.080      -1.33%       9,611,090       57.51%       7,099,689       42.49%       2,511,401       Abnormal
     HAL        $-0.390      -0.84%       5,725,928       47.74%       4,730,249       39.44%       995,679         Abnormal
     JPM        $-0.060      -0.13%       10,318,045      47.68%       8,636,020       39.91%       1,682,025       Abnormal
     Q          $-0.050      -0.75%       6,032,031       52.53%       4,287,528       37.34%       1,744,503       Abnormal
     IAU        $-0.110      -0.78%       4,365,060       60.71%       2,825,136       39.29%       1,539,924       Abnormal
     RF         $-0.040      -0.56%       4,423,353       50.03%       3,277,319       37.07%       1,146,034       Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows NCT with 2,511,401 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.08000. 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.

NEWCASTLE INVESTMENT CORP (NYSE:NCT) - Newcastle Investment Corp. operates as a real estate investment and finance company that invests in and manages a portfolio consisting primarily of real estate securities. The companys portfolio of real estate securities includes commercial mortgage backed securities, senior unsecured debt issued by property REITs, real estate related asset backed securities, and agency residential mortgage backed securities. Newcastle also owns interest in loans and pools of loans, including real estate related loans, commercial mortgage loans, residential mortgage loans, and manufactured housing loans. In addition, it owns interests in operating real estate. The company is organized to qualify as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Newcastle was founded in 1998 and is based in New York City.

HALLIBURTON CO (NYSE:HAL) - Halliburton Company provides various products and services to the energy industry for the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas worldwide. It operates in two segments, Completion and Production, and Drilling and Evaluation. The Completion and Production segment provides production enhancement services, completion tools and services, and cementing services. Its production enhancement services include stimulation, pipeline process, sand control, and well intervention services; completion tools and services comprise subsurface safety valves and flow control equipment, surface safety systems, packers and specialty completion equipment, intelligent completion systems, expandable liner hanger systems, sand control systems, well servicing tools, and reservoir performance services; and cementing services consist of bonding the well and well casing, while isolating fluid zones and maximizing wellbore stability, and casing equipment. The Drilling and Evaluation segment provides field and reservoir modeling, drilling, evaluation, and well construction solutions that enable customers to model, measure, and optimize their well placement and reservoir evaluation activities. Its services include fluid services, drilling services, drill bits, wireline and perforating services, testing and subsea services, software and asset solutions, and consulting and data management services. The company serves national, integrated, and independent oil and gas companies. Halliburton Company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO (NYSE:JPM) - JPMorgan Chase & Co., a financial holding company, provides various financial services worldwide. The companys Investment Bank segment provides investment banking products and services, including advising on corporate strategy and structure, capital raising in equity and debt markets, risk management, market-making in cash securities and derivative instruments, and prime brokerage and research. This segment serves corporations, financial institutions, governments, and institutional investors. Its Commercial Banking segment provides lending, treasury services, investment banking, and asset management services to corporations, municipalities, financial institutions, and not-for-profit entities. The companys Treasury and Securities Services segment offers transaction, investment, and information services. It also offers cash management, trade, wholesale card, and liquidity products and services to small and mid-sized companies, multinational corporations, financial institutions, and government entities. Its Asset Management segment provides investment and wealth management services to institutions, retail investors, and high-net-worth individuals. It also offers global investment management in equities, fixed income, real estate, hedge funds, private equity, and liquidity products, including money market instruments and bank deposits; and trust and estate, banking, and brokerage services, as well as retirement services. The companys Retail Financial Services segment offers retail banking and consumer lending services that include checking and savings accounts, mortgages, home equity and business loans, and investments through ATMs, online banking, and telephone banking, as well as auto dealerships and school financial-aid offices. Its Card Services segment issues credit cards and processes various credit card payments. JPMorgan Chase & Co. was founded in 1823 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTL (NYSE:Q) - Qwest Communications International Inc. provides data, Internet, video, and voice services in the United States and internationally. The company offers its products and services using telecommunications network, which consists of voice and data switches, copper cables, fiber optic broadband cables, and other equipment to mass markets, business, and wholesale customers. It provides various data and Internet services, including private line, multi-protocol label switching, broadband, VoIP, and data integration services, as well as Web hosting and related services comprising provision space, power, bandwidth, and managed services in data centers; and server and application management, back-up, disaster recovery, and Web design services. Its data and Internet services also consist of traditional wide area network products, such as ATM, frame relay, dedicated Internet access, and virtual private network; integrated services digital network; and Internet dial-up access. The companys voice services include local voice services comprising basic local exchange and switching services; local voice exchange services, such as caller ID, call waiting, call return, 3-way calling, call forwarding, and voice mail; long-distance voice services consisting of domestic and international long-distance services, and toll free services; and wireless products and services. Qwest Communications Internationals data, Internet, and video services comprise Internet, Internet-based services, and satellite digital television. It also engages in lease and sublease of real estate properties, such as space in office buildings, warehouses, and other properties. The company sells its products and services through its sales and call centers, Web site, telemarketing, retail stores, and kiosks, as well as relationships and arrangements with third-party sales agents. It has strategic partnerships with DIRECTV and Verizon Wireless. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

ISHARES GOLD TRUST (AMEX:IAU) - ISHARES COMEX GOL

REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP (NYSE:RF) - Regions Financial Corporation operates as the holding company for the Regions Bank that provides a range of commercial, retail, and mortgage banking services in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. It offers various deposit products, including savings accounts, transaction accounts, money market accounts, and foreign deposits, as well as time deposits, including certificate of deposits and individual retirement accounts. The companys loan portfolio comprises commercial and industrial loans, including financial and agricultural, and owner occupied mortgage and construction loans; investor real estate loans, such as commercial real estate mortgage and construction loans; and consumer loans consisting of residential first mortgage, home equity, indirect, and other consumer loans. Regions Financial Corporation, through other subsidiaries, also provides regional brokerage and investment banking products and services, such as securities brokerage, asset management, financial planning, mutual funds, securities underwriting, sales and trading, investment banking services, and trust services, as well as insurance brokerage services for various lines of personal and commercial insurance, including property, casualty, life, health, accident, credit-related insurance, and debt cancellation products. In addition, the company provides domestic and international equipment financing products primarily to commercial clients. As of February 22, 2010, it offered its banking services approximately through 1,800 full-service banking offices and 2,200 automated teller machines; and investment and securities brokerage services through 300 offices. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.

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