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Market Maker Surveillance Report. PGN, GE, XOM, EFA, MSFT, EW, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Thursday, March 31st 2011

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March 31, 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 2400 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3029 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2409 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. PROGRESS ENERGY INC (NYSE:PGN), GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (NYSE:GE), EXXON MOBIL CORP (NYSE:XOM), ISHARES MSCI EAFE INDEX FUND (NYSE:EFA), MICROSOFT CORP (NASDAQ:MSFT), EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP (NYSE:EW). 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
     PGN        $-0.180      -0.39%       2,777,235       84.26%       452,252         13.72%       2,324,983       Abnormal
     GE         $-0.040      -0.20%       20,496,211      50.25%       15,785,538      38.70%       4,710,673       Abnormal
     XOM        $-0.290      -0.34%       8,677,888       57.45%       5,030,762       33.30%       3,647,126       Abnormal
     EFA        $-0.280      -0.46%       18,749,604      87.29%       7,864,949       36.62%       10,884,655      Abnormal
     MSFT       $-0.250      -0.98%       34,626,910      50.81%       32,800,456      48.13%       1,826,454       Abnormal
     EW         $-0.720      -0.82%       13,338,921      65.61%       6,711,570       33.01%       6,627,351       Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows PGN with 2,324,983 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.18000. 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.

PROGRESS ENERGY INC (NYSE:PGN) - Progress Energy, Inc., an utility holding company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. It uses coal, oil, hydroelectric, natural gas, and nuclear power to generate electricity. The company also engages in various alternative energy projects to generate electricity from swine waste and other plant or animal sources, biomass, solar, hydrogen, and landfill-gas technologies. Progress Energy serves various industries, including chemicals, textiles, paper, food, metals, rubber and plastics, wood products, and stone products, as well as phosphate rock mining and processing, electronics design and manufacturing, and citrus and other food processing. As of December 31, 2009, it had approximately 22,000 megawatts of regulated electric generation capacity and served approximately 3.1 million retail electric customers, as well as other load-serving entities. The company, formerly known as CP&L Energy, Inc., was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (NYSE:GE) - General Electric Company (GE) operates as a technology, media, and financial services company worldwide. Its Energy Infrastructure segment produces gas, steam, and aero derivative turbines; generators; combined cycle systems; and renewable energy solutions, as well as provides water treatment services and equipment. This segment also sells surface and subsea drilling and production systems, floating production platform equipment, compressors, turbines, turboexpanders, and high pressure reactors to oil and gas companies. The companys Technology Infrastructure segment manufactures jet engines, turboprop and turbo shaft engines, and its replacement parts for use in military and commercial aircraft, as well as provides repair and maintenance services. This segment also produces healthcare products, including diagnostic imaging systems; offers transportation products and maintenance services; provides enterprise solutions using sensors for temperature, pressure, moisture, gas and flow rate, as well as non-destructive testing inspection equipment. GEs NBC Universal segment engages in the production and distribution of films and television programs; operation of television stations and cable/satellite television networks, as well as theme parks. The companys Capital Finance segment offers commercial lending and leasing products to manufacturers, distributors, and end-users of equipment and capital assets; consumer financial services to consumers and retailers; capital and investment solutions for real estate; commercial finance to the energy and water industries; and commercial aircraft leasing and finance, and fleet and financing solutions. Its Consumer & Industrial segment produces various home appliances, lighting products, and electrical equipment and control products, as well as provides related services. The company has a joint venture with Shenhua International Limited. The company was founded in 1892 and is based in Fairfield, Connecticut.

EXXON MOBIL CORP (NYSE:XOM) - Exxon Mobil Corporation engages in the exploration, production, transportation, and sale of crude oil and natural gas. It also involves in the manufacture, transportation, and sale of petroleum products. The company manufactures and markets commodity petrochemicals, including olefins, aromatics, polyethylene and polypropylene plastics, and other specialty products. Exxon Mobil also has interests in electric power generation facilities. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 16,587 gross and 13,737 net operated wells. The company primarily operates in the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Russia/Caspian region, and South America. Exxon Mobil Corporation was founded in 1870 and is based in Irving, Texas.

ISHARES MSCI EAFE INDEX FUND (NYSE:EFA) - ISHARES TRUST MSCI

MICROSOFT CORP (NASDAQ:MSFT) - Microsoft Corporation develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a range of software products and services for various computing devices worldwide. The companys Windows & Windows Live Division segment offers Windows operating system, Windows Live, and Internet Explorer. It offers Windows operating system, which include Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP Home, as well as Windows Live suite of applications and Web services. Microsofts Server and Tools segment provides Windows Server operating systems, Windows Azure, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Azure, Visual Studio, Silverlight, System Center products, Biz Talk server, Microsoft consulting services, and product support services. This segment also provides enterprise consulting and product support services; and training and certification to developers and information technology professionals, as well as builds standalone and software development lifecycle tools for software architects, developers, testers, and project managers. The companys Online Services Division segment offers online information products, such as Bing, MSN portals, and channels; and an online advertising platform for publishers and advertisers. Microsofts Microsoft Business Division segment offers Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM, as well as Microsoft Office Web Apps. The companys Entertainment and Devices Division segment develops, produces, and markets the Xbox 360 platform; PC software games; online games and services; Mediaroom, an Internet protocol television software; Windows Phone and Windows Embedded device platforms; the Zune digital music and entertainment platform; and application software for Apples Macintosh computers, Microsoft PC hardware products, and other devices. This segment also involves in retail and marketing of packaged versions of the Microsoft Office system and the Windows operating systems. Microsoft was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP (NYSE:EW) - Edwards Lifesciences Corporation provides products and technologies designed to treat advanced cardiovascular diseases. It offers products and technologies for heart valve therapy, critical care, cardiac surgery systems, and vascular diseases. The company provides tissue heart valves, such as pericardial and porcine valves, as well as repair products, including annuloplasty rings and systems used to replace or repair a patient's diseased or defective heart valve. It also offers hemodynamic monitoring equipment that is used to measure a patient's heart function in surgical and intensive care settings; and disposable pressure transducers. In addition, the company provides cardiac surgery systems products, including cannulae, intra-aortic filtration system, and other disposable products used during cardiopulmonary bypass procedures; and vascular products that comprise balloon-tipped and catheter-based embolectomy products, surgical clips, and clamps to treat endolumenal occlusive disease. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation distributes its products through a direct sales force and independent distributors worldwide. It has a collaboration agreement with DexCom, Inc. to develop products for monitoring blood glucose levels in patients hospitalized for various conditions. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Irvine, California. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation operates independently of Baxter International Inc., as of March 31, 2000.

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