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Market Maker Surveillance Report. C, BPOP, CNO, IAU, STX, MGM, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Tuesday, April 26th 2011

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April 26, 2011 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Tuesday. 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 Tuesday there were 2643 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3307 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1959 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. CITIGROUP INC (NYSE:C), POPULAR INC (NASDAQ:BPOP), CNO FINANCIAL GROUP INC (NYSE:CNO), ISHARES GOLD TRUST (AMEX:IAU), SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY (NASDAQ:STX), MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL (NYSE:MGM). 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
     C          $-0.020      -0.44%       157,768,425     42.76%       106,059,993     28.74%       51,708,432      Abnormal
     BPOP       $-0.050      -1.54%       5,974,782       53.45%       5,034,034       45.03%       940,748         Abnormal
     CNO        $-0.010      -0.13%       1,907,107       58.83%       818,986         25.26%       1,088,121       Abnormal
     IAU        $-0.060      -0.41%       3,733,299       43.43%       2,863,427       33.31%       869,872         Abnormal
     STX        $-0.060      -0.33%       7,061,305       55.27%       5,710,434       44.70%       1,350,871       Abnormal
     MGM        $-0.340      -2.55%       7,168,342       34.82%       6,235,996       30.29%       932,346         Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows C with 51,708,432 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.

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.

POPULAR INC (NASDAQ:BPOP) - Popular, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides a range of retail and commercial banking products and services in Puerto Rico, the United States, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Costa Rica. It also provides vehicle financing, leasing, and daily rental services; mortgage loans; and insurance agency and brokerage, and reinsurance services, as well as offers financial advisory, investment, and security brokerage services for institutional and retail customers. As of December 31, 2008, the company operated 173 branches and approximately 580 automated teller machines in Puerto Rico, 7 branches in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1 branch in the British Virgin Islands, and 1 branch in New York. In addition, it provides financial transaction processing and information technology solutions and services in the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Further, the company develops financial processing software applications; sells hardware products, such as ATM, POS, and communication products; and provides ATM switching and driving services. Popular was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

CNO FINANCIAL GROUP INC (NYSE:CNO) - CNO Financial Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, marketing, and administration of supplemental health insurance, annuity, individual life insurance, and other insurance products for senior and middle-income markets in the United States. The company markets and distributes Medicare supplement insurance, life insurance, and long-term care insurance products, as well as fixed annuities through career agents and sales managers; Medicare Part D prescription drug plans through a distribution and reinsurance arrangement with Coventry Health Care (Coventry); and Medicare advantage plans through a distribution arrangement with Humana Inc. (Humana). In addition, it markets primarily graded benefit and simplified issue life insurance products directly to customers through television advertising, direct mail, Internet, and telemarketing; and markets and distributes specified disease, accident, disability, and life insurance products, as well as annuities to middle-income consumers at home and at the worksite through independent marketing organizations and insurance agencies. Further, the company offers reinsurance products, a swell as sells products through professional independent producers and direct marketing. CNO Financial Group, Inc. has strategic alliances with Coventry and Humana. The company was formerly known as Conseco, Inc. and changed its name to CNO Financial Group, Inc. on May 11, 2010. CNO Financial Group was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Carmel, Indiana.

ISHARES GOLD TRUST (AMEX:IAU) - ISHARES COMEX GOL

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY (NASDAQ:STX) - Seagate Technology Public Limited Company designs, manufactures, markets, and sells hard disk drives for the enterprise, client compute, and client non-compute market applications in the United States and internationally. The companys products are used in enterprise servers; mainframes and workstations; desktop and notebook computers; digital video recorders; personal data backup systems; portable external storage systems; and digital media systems. It also offers data storage services for small- to medium-sized businesses, including online backup, data protection, and recovery solutions; and ships external backup storage solutions under the Free Agent Go and Free Agent Go Flex product lines. Seagate Technology sells its products primarily to original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL (NYSE:MGM) - MGM Resorts International, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates casino resorts in the United States. The companys resorts offer gaming, hotel, dining, entertainment, retail, and other resort amenities. It also owns and operates golf courses and a golf club. As of November 16, 2010, the company owned and operated 15 properties located in Nevada, Mississippi, and Michigan, and has 50% investments in 4 other properties in Nevada, Illinois, and Macau. In addition, MGM Resorts International has an agreement with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, which owns and operates a casino resort under the MGM Grand brand name in Mashantucket, Connecticut. The company was formerly known as MGM MIRAGE and changed its name to MGM Resorts International on June 15, 2010. MGM Resorts International was founded in 1986 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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