Market Maker Surveillance Report. URI, PLD, YHOO, AMSC, GLW, DIS, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Wednesday, April 6th 201
April 6, 2011 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Wednesday. 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 Wednesday there were 2522 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2757 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2340 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. UNITED RENTALS INC (NYSE:URI), PROLOGIS (NYSE:PLD), YAHOO! INC (NASDAQ:YHOO), AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP (NASDAQ:AMSC), CORNING INC (NYSE:GLW), WALT DISNEY CO/THE (NYSE:DIS). 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 URI $-0.280 -0.82% 1,651,270 71.15% 507,578 21.87% 1,143,692 Abnormal PLD $-0.050 -0.30% 2,796,485 51.78% 2,017,758 37.36% 778,727 Abnormal YHOO $-0.110 -0.64% 6,995,296 52.59% 6,252,745 47.01% 742,551 Abnormal AMSC $-10.440 -41.96% 19,881,583 53.34% 17,204,379 46.16% 2,677,204 Abnormal GLW $-0.010 -0.05% 6,845,682 48.49% 5,831,179 41.30% 1,014,503 Abnormal DIS $-0.440 -1.04% 4,057,117 51.83% 3,053,450 39.01% 1,003,667 AbnormalAnalysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above had more buying than selling on Wednesday 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 URI with 1,143,692 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.28000. 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.
UNITED RENTALS INC (NYSE:URI) - United Rentals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an equipment rental company in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It offers approximately 3,000 classes of equipment, which include general construction and industrial equipment, such as backhoes, skid-steer loaders, forklifts, earthmoving equipment, and material handling equipment; aerial work platforms, including boom lifts and scissor lifts; general tools and light equipment, such as pressure washers, water pumps, generators, heaters, and power tools; and trench safety equipment, including trench shields, aluminum hydraulic shoring systems, slide rails, crossing plates, construction lasers, and line testing equipment for underground work. The company also sells new and used equipment, as well as related contractor supplies, parts, and service. United Rentals, Inc. rents its equipment to construction and industrial companies, manufacturers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners, and government entities. As of December 31, 2009, it operated an integrated network of 569 rental locations, including 485 in the United States, 83 in Canada, and 1 in Mexico with approximately 220,000 units. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.
PROLOGIS (NYSE:PLD) - ProLogis operates as a real estate investment trust in the United States. It owns, operates, and develops industrial distribution properties in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company operates in three segments: Property Operations, Fund Management, and Corporate Distribution Facilities Services (CDFS). The Property Operations segment engages in the ownership, management, and leasing of industrial distribution and retail properties. As of December 31, 2005, this segment consisted of 1,461 operating properties with approximately 186.7 million square feet. The Fund Management segment provides investment management services for unconsolidated property funds and other properties. As of the above date, this segment had investments in approximately 14 property funds. The CDFS segment primarily develops properties that are contributed to a property fund or sold to third parties. This segment also engages in commercial mixed-use development activities, such as selling the land or completed projects to third parties. As of the above date, this segment had approximately 72 distribution properties. As a REIT, the company would not be subject to federal tax to the extent that it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. It has a strategic cooperation agreement with China National Materials Storage & Transportation Co. and Zhongchu Development Stock Co., Ltd. to develop logistics and storage markets. The company also has a joint venture agreement with K Raheja Corp. for the acquisition and development of properties in Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, and Pune, India. ProLogis was founded as Security Capital Industrial Trust in 1991 and changed its name to ProLogis Trust in 1998. Subsequently, it changed its name to ProLogis. The company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
YAHOO! INC (NASDAQ:YHOO) - Yahoo! Inc. provides online properties and services to users; and marketing services to advertisers worldwide. Its integrated consumer experiences offerings include the Yahoo! Home Page, My Yahoo!, Yahoo! Toolbar, Yahoo! Local, and Connected TV over the Web, mobile, or TV; communications offerings comprise Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger, which provide a range of communication services to users and small businesses across various devices and broadband Internet access partners; communities offerings consist of Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, and Flickr that enable users to organize into groups and share knowledge, common interests, and photos; search offerings include Yahoo! Search, a search technology, which provides users with a search capability with search results ranked and sorted based on relevance to the users search query. The company also offers media products and solutions comprising online media properties, such as Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Sports, and Yahoo! Entertainment & Lifestyles that are designed to engage users with the online content and services on the Web; and Yahoo! Shopping, Yahoo! Travel, Yahoo! Real Estate, Yahoo! Personals, Yahoo! Autos, and Yahoo! Small Business that enable users to research specific topics, products, services, or areas of interest by reviewing and exchanging information, obtaining contact details, considering offers from providers of goods and services, or parties with similar interests. Its Internet marketing solutions for third-party developers, advertisers, and publishers include display of graphical advertisements, the display of text-based links to an advertisers Website, listing-based services, and commerce-based transactions. In addition, the company provides a range of tools for online display advertising, including rich media, video, and targeting. Yahoo! Inc. has a strategic alliance with Nokia Corporation. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP (NASDAQ:AMSC) - American Superconductor Corporation, a power technologies company, provides wind turbine designs and electrical control systems primarily in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. The company also offers a host of smart grid technologies, including superconductor power cable systems, grid-level surge protectors, and power electronics-based voltage stabilization systems for power grid operators. It operates through two segments, AMSC Power Systems and AMSC Superconductors. The AMSC Power Systems segment produces a range of products to enhance electrical grid capacity and reliability; provides electrical control systems or a subset of those systems to manufacturers of wind turbines; and sells power electronic products that regulate wind farm voltage to enable their interconnection to the power grid. It also licenses proprietary wind turbine designs to manufacturers of such systems; and provides consulting services to the wind industry, as well as products that enhance power quality for industrial operations. This segment sells its products to the transmission and distribution, wind power, and manufacturing industries. The AMSC Superconductors segment designs and develops superconductor products, such as power cables, fault current limiters, generators, motors, and degaussing systems. This segment also manages superconductor projects; and manufactures HTS wire and coils. It sells its HTS wire to original equipment manufacturers. The company has strategic partnership with LS Cable, Sinovel Wind Group Co., and Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. American Superconductor Corporation was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Devens, Massachusetts.
CORNING INC (NYSE:GLW) - Corning Incorporated manufactures and processes specialty glass and ceramics products worldwide. It operates in five segments: Display Technologies, Telecommunications, Environmental Technologies, Specialty Materials, and Life Sciences. The Display Technologies segment manufactures glass substrates for active matrix liquid crystal displays (LCDs) that are used primarily in notebook computers, flat panel desktop monitors, and LCD televisions. The Telecommunications segment produces optical fiber and cable, and hardware and equipment products, such as cable assemblies, fiber optic hardware, fiber optic connectors, optical components and couplers, closures and pedestals, splice and test equipment, and other accessories for optical connectivity to the telecommunications industry. This segment also offers optical fiber technology products for various applications, such as premises, fiber-to-the-premises access, metropolitan, long-haul, and submarine networks. The Environmental Technologies segment offers ceramic technologies for emissions and pollution control in mobile and stationary applications, including automotive and diesel substrate, and filter products. The Specialty Materials segment manufactures products that provide approximately 150 material formulations for glass, glass ceramics, and fluoride crystals used in commercial and industrial markets. The Life Sciences segment provides general labware and equipment, as well as tools for cell culture and bioprocess, genomics and proteomics, and high-throughput screening. This segment also develops and produces various technologies, such as the Corning HYPERFlask Cell Culture Vessel for increased cell yields; and other novel surfaces, which include the Corning CellBIND Surface and the Corning Osteo-Assay surface. The company was formerly known as Corning Glass Works and changed its name to Corning Incorporated in April 1989. Corning Incorporated was founded in 1851 and is based in Corning, New York.
WALT DISNEY CO/THE (NYSE:DIS) - The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an entertainment company worldwide. The companys Media Networks segment includes domestic broadcast television network, television production and distribution operations, domestic television stations, cable networks, domestic broadcast radio networks and stations, and publishing and digital operations. It operates the ABC Television Network and 10 owned television stations, the ESPN Radio and Radio Disney networks, and 46 owned radio stations. This segment also produces, licenses, and distributes cable and animated television programming; and operates ABC-, ESPN-, ABC Family-, SOAPnet-, and Disney-branded Internet Web site businesses, as well as Club Penguin, an online virtual world for kids. The companys Parks and Resorts segment owns and operates the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida that includes theme parks; resort hotels; a retail, dining, and entertainment complex; a sports complex; conference centers; campgrounds; golf courses; and water parks. This segment also owns and operates Disneyland Resort in California, Disney Vacation Club, Disney Cruise Line, and ESPN Zone facilities; manages Disneyland Resort Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland Resort; licenses the operations of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan; and designs and develops new theme park concepts, attractions, and resort properties. Its Studio Entertainment segment produces and acquires live-action and animated motion pictures, direct-to-video programming, musical recordings, and live stage plays. The companys Consumer Products segment licenses Disney characters, and visual and literary properties to manufacturers, retailers, show promoters, and publishers; and publishes books and magazines. Its Disney Interactive Media Group segment creates and delivers Disney-branded entertainment and lifestyle content across interactive media platforms. The company was founded in 1923 and is based in Burbank, California.
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