April 4, 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 2636 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2972 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2477 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. LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS INC (NASDAQ:LVLT), OXIS INTERNATIONAL INC (OTCBB:OXIS), CITIGROUP INC (NYSE:C), ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FD (NYSE:EWJ), MITSUBISHI UFJ FINL GRP-ADR (NYSE:MTU), VANGUARD EUROPE PACIFIC ETF (AMEX:VEA). 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
     LVLT       $-0.050      -3.38%       5,964,689       41.32%       8,469,572       58.68%       -2,504,883      -500,977
     OXIS       $-0.010      -9.09%       1,026,470       18.25%       4,597,500       81.75%       -3,571,030      -3,571,030
     C          $-0.010      -0.34%       124,439,129     42.18%       163,499,053     55.42%       -39,059,924     -39,059,924
     EWJ        $-0.130      -1.26%       17,822,560      47.26%       20,634,988      54.71%       -2,812,428      -216,341
     MTU        $-0.060      -1.30%       637,804         10.64%       5,256,554       87.68%       -4,618,750      -769,792
     VEA        $-0.020      -0.05%       1,355,127       11.36%       10,579,851      88.73%       -9,224,724      -4,612,362

Analysis 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 LVLT down $-0.05000 with a Friction Factor of -500,977 and a Net Volume of -2,504,883. That means that it takes 500,977 more shares of selling than buying to drop LVLT by one penny. On Monday the Market Makers allowed the stock to move down on heavier selling than buying (low negative friction).

LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS INC (NASDAQ:LVLT) - Level 3 Communications, Inc. engages in the communications business in North America and Europe. It offers network and Internet services, including transport services, high speed Internet protocol services, dedicated Internet access, virtual private network services, and dark fiber services, as well as managed modem, an outsourced, turn-key infrastructure solution; and colocation services. The company also provides various media services, comprising Vyvx services that provide audio and video feeds over fiber or satellite; content delivery network services; media delivery services to customers seeking to manage, protect, and monetize content delivered over the Internet; a range of local and long distance voice services, such as voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and traditional circuit-switch based services; and VoIP Enhanced Local, a VoIP service that enables broadband cable operators, IXCs, VoIP providers, and other companies operating their own switching infrastructure to launch IP-based local and long-distance voice services through a broadband connection. Level 3 Communications media services also consist of SIP Trunking, a VoIP-based local phone service; Local Inbound service that terminates traditional telephone network originated calls to Internet Protocol termination points; Primary Rate Interface, a TDM local phone service that could be configured in various ways; Long Distance services portfolio comprising local and long distance transport and termination services; and Toll Free services portfolio, which terminate toll free calls that are originated on the traditional telephone network. As of December 31, 2009, its network encompassed approximately 67,000 intercity route miles in North America and an intercity network covering approximately 12,000 miles across Europe. Further, it sells coal primarily through long-term contracts with public utilities. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.

OXIS INTERNATIONAL INC (OTCBB:OXIS) - OXIS International, Inc. engages in the research, development, and marketing of nutraceutical and cosmeceutical products in the field of oxidative stress reduction and inflammation. The company primarily focuses on developing a line of dietary supplements containing L-Ergothioneine (ERGO). ERGO is naturally occurring, water soluble, and amino acid antioxidant produced by microbes in the soil and found in various species of mushrooms and grapes, meats, and dairy products. It offers Ergo-Plex, a dietary supplement for the maintenance of joint health. The company also holds patents and patent applications for the protection of ERGO on mitochondria, the ERGO manufacturing process, and the neuroprotectant methods and compositions of ERGO. OXIS International, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is based in Beverly Hills, California.

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.

ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FD (NYSE:EWJ) - ISHARE MSCI JAPAN

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINL GRP-ADR (NYSE:MTU) - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various financial services to individual and corporate customers in Japan and internationally. Its Integrated Retail Banking Business Group segment comprises commercial banking, trust banking, and securities businesses. This segment offers a range of bank deposit products comprising a non-interest-bearing deposit account that is redeemable on demand; asset management and asset administration services, including savings instruments, such as current accounts, ordinary deposits, time deposits, deposits at notice, and other deposit facilities; trust products consisting of loan trusts and money trusts; and other investment products, such as investment trusts, performance-based money trusts, and foreign currency deposits. It also provides insurance products consisting of investment-type individual annuities, foreign currency-denominated insurance annuities, and yen-denominated fixed-amount annuity insurance; financial products intermediation services; and housing loans, card loans, and credit cards. The companys Integrated Corporate Banking Business Group segment provides commercial banking, corporate and investment banking, transaction banking, trust banking, and securities services for large corporations, financial institutions, and sovereign and multinational organizations. Its Integrated Trust Assets Business Group segment offers asset management and administration services for products, such as pension trusts and security trusts. This segment provides a range of services to corporate and pension funds, including pension fund management and administration, advice on pension schemes, and payment of benefits to scheme members. The companys Global Markets segment conducts asset liability management and liquidity management, and provides money markets, foreign exchange operations, and securities investment services. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

VANGUARD EUROPE PACIFIC ETF (AMEX:VEA) - Vanguard Europe Pacific ETF

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