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 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. UTILITIES SELECT SECTOR SPDR (NYSE:XLU), US BANCORP (NYSE:USB), NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE-ADR (NYSE:NBG), KEYCORP (NYSE:KEY), BB&T CORP (NYSE:BBT), SPDR S&P RETAIL ETF (NYSE:XRT). 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
     XLU        $-0.020      -0.06%       2,640,895       66.46%       1,431,124       36.02%       1,209,771       Abnormal
     USB        $-0.110      -0.40%       3,612,925       52.25%       2,804,678       40.56%       808,247         Abnormal
     NBG        $-0.040      -2.25%       2,249,857       57.06%       1,507,149       38.22%       742,708         Abnormal
     KEY        $-0.030      -0.34%       6,447,649       51.07%       5,146,503       40.76%       1,301,146       Abnormal
     BBT        $-0.070      -0.25%       2,321,816       53.39%       1,658,295       38.13%       663,521         Abnormal
     XRT        $-0.310      -0.61%       6,110,892       71.12%       3,616,733       42.09%       2,494,159       Abnormal

Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above had more buying than selling on Monday and their stock prices dropped. 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 XLU with 1,209,771 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.02000. 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.

UTILITIES SELECT SECTOR SPDR (NYSE:XLU) - UTILITIES SEL SPD

US BANCORP (NYSE:USB) - U.S. Bancorp, a financial bank holding company, provides various banking and financial services in the United States. It generates various deposit products, including checking accounts, savings accounts, money market savings, and time certificates of deposit accounts. The company originates a portfolio of loans comprising commercial loans and lease financing; commercial real estate; residential mortgage; and retail loans, including credit card, retail leasing, home equity and second mortgages, and other retail loans. It also offers wholesale lending, equipment finance, small-ticket leasing, depository, treasury management, capital markets, foreign exchange, and international trade services to middle market, large corporate, commercial real estate, and public sector clients. In addition, U.S. Bancorp provides telebanking, online banking, direct mail, and automated teller machine (ATM) services. The company, through other subsidiaries, provides trust, private banking, financial advisory, investment management, retail brokerage services, insurance, and custody and mutual fund services; and payment services, including consumer and business credit cards, stored-value cards, debit cards, corporate and purchasing card services, consumer lines of credit, ATM processing, and merchant processing. U.S. Bancorp primarily serves individuals, estates, foundations, business corporations, and charitable organizations. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 3,015 banking offices and 5,148 ATMs. The company was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE-ADR (NYSE:NBG) - National Bank of Greece S.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides diversified financial services primarily in Greece. The company involves in retail and commercial banking, global investment management, investment banking, insurance, investment activities, and securities trading operations. It offers demand deposits, savings deposits, time deposits, and current accounts; investment products; consumer loans, personal loans, mortgage loans, automobile loans, overdraft facilities, and foreign currency loans, as well as letters of credit and guarantees; credit cards; currency swaps and options; and ATMs. The company also provides financial and investment advisory services, foreign exchange, custody arrangements, and trade finance services; and shipping finance, leasing, factoring, treasury, private banking, private equity, and brokerage services, as well as asset management, including mutual funds and closed end funds. In addition, it offers life, accident, health, fire, catastrophe, credit, motor, marine hull, and cargo insurance products, as well as general third party liability; real estate insurance, payment protection insurance, and life and disability insurance; and investment-saving-retirement insurance products, as well as pensions. Further, the company engages in the real estate management activities, including warehousing and third-party property management; and hotel management, as well as provides real estate and information technology consulting, and professional training services. It primarily serves individuals, professionals, small-medium and small sized companies, and corporate customers. The company also has operations in Turkey, the United Kingdom, South Eastern Europe, Cyprus, Malta, Egypt, and South Africa. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 575 branches, 1 private banking unit, 1 unit for financial institutions, and 10 specialized banking units; and 1500 ATMs. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Athens, Greece.

KEYCORP (NYSE:KEY) - KeyCorp operates as a holding company for KeyBank National Association that provides various banking services in the United States. The company operates in Community Banking and National Banking divisions. The Community Banking division provides regional banking services, including deposit and investment products; personal finance services and loans comprising residential mortgages, home equity, and installment loans; deposits, investment and credit products, and business advisory services to small businesses; and financial, estate and retirement planning, and asset management services to high-net-worth clients. This division also provides commercial banking products and services, such as commercial lending, cash management, equipment leasing, investment and employee benefit programs, succession planning, access to capital markets, and derivatives and foreign exchange to mid size businesses. The National Banking division offers real estate capital and corporate banking services. Its real estate capital banking services include construction and interim lending, permanent debt placements and servicing, equity and investment banking, and other commercial banking products and services to developers, brokers, and owner-investors. This divisions corporate banking services comprise cash management, interest rate derivatives, and foreign exchange products and services. It also offers commercial lending, treasury management, derivatives, foreign exchange, equity and debt underwriting and trading, and syndicated finance products and services, as well as provides equipment financing services. KeyCorp also offers personal and corporate trust services, principal investing, community development financing, securities brokerage, and merchant services. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 1,007 retail banking branches in 14 states; and 1,495 automated teller machines in 16 states. The company was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

BB&T CORP (NYSE:BBT) - BB&T Corporation operates as the financial holding company for Branch Banking and Trust Company that provides banking and trust services to small and mid-size businesses, public agencies, local governments, and individuals in the United States. It accepts various deposit products, including noninterest-bearing checking accounts, interest-bearing checking accounts, savings accounts, money rate savings accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts. The companys loan portfolio includes commercial, financial, and agricultural loans; real estate construction and land development, and mortgage loans; and consumer loans. BB&T Corporation, through its other subsidiaries, offers bankcard lending, consumer finance, home equity lending, home mortgage lending, insurance, investment brokerage services, payment solutions, sales finance, small business lending, and wealth management/private banking services to retail clients; and asset management, association services, capital markets services, commercial finance, commercial middle market lending, commercial mortgage lending, institutional trust services, insurance, insurance premium finance, international banking services, leasing, merchant services, mortgage warehouse lending, real estate lending, supply chain management, and venture capital services to commercial clients. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 1,857 banking offices in North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, South Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, Texas, Washington D.C., and Indiana. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

SPDR S&P RETAIL ETF (NYSE:XRT) - SPDR RETAIL ETF

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