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Market Maker Surveillance Report. VWO, CMCSA, GILD, VZ, NWSA, ITUB, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Thursday, March 31st 2


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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 (bullish bias) in their stock prices. This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices rose. VANGUARD EMERGING MARKET ETF (NYSE:VWO), COMCAST CORP-CLASS A (NASDAQ:CMCSA), GILEAD SCIENCES INC (NASDAQ:GILD), VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC (NYSE:VZ), NEWS CORP-CL A (NASDAQ:NWSA), ITAU UNIBANCO HLDNG-PREF ADR (NYSE:ITUB). 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
     VWO        $0.380       0.78%        10,087,040      43.93%       14,767,520      64.31%       -4,680,480      Abnormal
     CMCSA      $0.020       0.09%        4,838,656       39.37%       7,213,113       58.69%       -2,374,457      Abnormal
     GILD       $0.130       0.31%        4,916,114       41.24%       7,055,203       59.18%       -2,139,089      Abnormal
     VZ         $0.080       0.21%        4,873,817       34.37%       7,746,156       54.63%       -2,872,339      Abnormal
     NWSA       $0.050       0.29%        7,285,771       40.84%       10,445,991      58.55%       -3,160,220      Abnormal
     ITUB       $0.880       3.79%        7,166,388       42.00%       9,882,494       57.92%       -2,716,106      Abnormal
Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above had more selling than buying on Thursday and their stock prices rose. 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 VWO with 4,680,480 greater shares of selling than buying (NetVol) and the stock price was up $0.38000. This means the Market Makers were trading the stock in a way inconsistent with normal supply and demand (Economics 101); more selling than buying should cause prices to drop.

VANGUARD EMERGING MARKET ETF (NYSE:VWO) - VANGRD EMRG MKT V

COMCAST CORP-CLASS A (NASDAQ:CMCSA) - Comcast Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides consumer entertainment, information, and communication products and services to the residential and commercial customers in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Cable and Programming. The Cable segment manages and operates cable systems, including video, high-speed Internet, and phone services, as well as regional sports and news networks. Its video services include analog, digital, on demand, and high-definition television and/or digital video recorders. This segments high-speed Internet service consists of an interactive portal, Comcast.net, which provides multiple email addresses and online storage, as well as various proprietary content, and value-added features and enhancements. Its phone services include voice over Internet protocol digital phone service that provides local and domestic long-distance calling with various features, such as voice mail, caller ID, and call waiting services. The Programming segment operates national programming networks consisting of E!, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, and Style. The company also develops and operates Internet businesses focused on entertainment, information, and communication, including Comcast.net, Fancast, thePlatform, Fandango, Plaxo, and DailyCandy; and owns two professional sports teams and a multipurpose arena, as well as provides facilities management services, including food services, for sporting events, concerts, and other events. As of December 31, 2009, Comcast Corporation served approximately 23.6 million video customers, 15.9 million high-speed Internet customers, and 7.6 million phone customers, as well as approximately 50.6 million homes in 39 states and the District of Columbia. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

GILEAD SCIENCES INC (NASDAQ:GILD) - Gilead Sciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutics for the treatment of life threatening diseases worldwide. Its products include Truvada, Atripla, Viread, and Emtriva for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus infection in adults; Hepsera, an oral formulation for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B; AmBisome, a amphotericin B liposome injection to treat serious invasive fungal infections; Letairis, an endothelin receptor antagonist for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension; Ranexa that is used for the treatment of chronic angina; Vistide, an antiviral medication that targets cytomegalovirus retinitis in patients with AIDS; and Cayston, an inhaled antibiotic used as a treatment to enhance respiratory systems. The companys products also comprise Tamiflu, an oral antiviral for the treatment and prevention of influenza A and B; Macugen, an intravitreal injection for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration; and Lexiscan, an injection used as a pharmacologic stress agent in radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging. Gilead Sciences products under the Phase III clinical trials consist of Ambrisentan, an oral endothelin receptor antagonist for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension; Elvitegravir, an oral integrase inhibitor being evaluated as part of combination therapy for HIV; and combination of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, emtricitabine, and TMC278 for the treatment of HIV/AIDS in treatment-naive patients. The companys Phase II clinical trials products comprise Aztreonam, Cicletanine, Cobicistat, combination of elvitegravir, cobicistat, and Truvada, GS 9190, GS 9310/11, and GS 9450, as well as Ranolazine that is preparing for Phase II clinical trials. Its Phase I clinical trials products include GS 6201, GS 9256, GS 9411, and GS 9667. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Foster City, California.

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC (NYSE:VZ) - Verizon Communications Inc. provides communication services. The company operates through two segments, Domestic Wireless and Wireline. The Domestic Wireless segment offers wireless voice and data services; and sells equipment in the United States. The Wireline segment provides voice, Internet access, broadband video and data, Internet protocol network, network access, long distance, and other services in the United States and internationally. The company serves consumer, business, and government customers, as well as carriers. As of December 31, 2010, its network covered a population of approximately 292 million and provided service to a customer base of approximately 94.1 million. The company was formerly known as Bell Atlantic Corporation and changed its name to Verizon Communications Inc. in June 2000. Verizon Communications Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in New York, New York.

NEWS CORP-CL A (NASDAQ:NWSA) - News Corporation operates as a diversified media company worldwide. Its Cable Network Programming segment engages in producing and licensing programming distributed through cable television systems and direct broadcast satellite operators primarily in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. The companys Filmed Entertainment segment produces and acquires live-action and animated motion pictures for distribution and licensing in various formats in entertainment media, as well as produces and licenses television programming worldwide. Its Television segment broadcasts network programming and operates 27 broadcast television stations in the United States. The companys Direct Broadcast Satellite Television segment distributes programming services via satellite and broadband directly to subscribers in Italy. Its Publishing segment involves in the publication of 4 national newspapers in the United Kingdom; approximately 146 newspapers in Australia; and a metropolitan newspaper and a national newspaper in the United States, as well as in the provision of information services. This segment also publishes English language books worldwide; and publishes free-standing inserts and offers in-store marketing products and services in the United States and Canada. The companys Other segment provides display advertising in outdoor locations, primarily in the Russian Federation and eastern Europe. News Corporation was founded in 1922 and is based in New York, New York.

ITAU UNIBANCO HLDNG-PREF ADR (NYSE:ITUB) - Ita Unibanco Holding S.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides commercial, corporate, and investment banking services to individuals, small and middle-market companies, and large corporations in Brazil and internationally. The companys deposit products include demand, savings, time, and other deposits, as well as deposits from banks. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial, real estate, lease financing, government, agricultural, and personal loans. The company also offers pension fund and mutual fund management, securities services, credit cards, and asset management services; life, property, casualty, and vehicle insurance, as well as private retirement plans and capitalization products; and credit products, such as investment capital loans, working capital loans, inventory financing, equipment leasing services, and letters of credit. In addition, it provides collection and electronic payment services; credit card transactions; factoring, corporate finance, and insurance brokerage and trading; and vehicle lending, private banking, and treasury services. Further, the company offers financial products, such as trade financing, loans from multilateral credit agencies, off-shore loans, international cash management services, foreign exchange, letters of credit, guarantees required in international bidding processes, derivatives for hedging or proprietary trading purposes, structured transactions, and international capital markets offerings. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 3,936 branches, 948 customer site branches, and 30,276 automated teller machines in Brazil and internationally. Ita Unibanco Holding S.A. was formerly known as Ita Unibanco Banco Mltiplo S.A. and changed its name to Ita Unibanco Holding S.A. in April 2009. The company was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Ita Unibanco Holding S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Itau Unibanco Participacoes S.A.

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