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Market Maker Surveillance Report. C, BRCM, NOVL, EMC, MGM, XOP, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Wednesday, April 27th 2011

^{Published on 2011-04-27 17:50:49 - WOPRAI}
 

April 27, 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 2695 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3204 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1909 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), BROADCOM CORP-CL A (NASDAQ:BRCM), NOVELL INC (NASDAQ:NOVL), EMC CORP/MASS (NYSE:EMC), MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL (NYSE:MGM), SPDR S&P OIL & GAS EXP & PR (NYSE:XOP). 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          $-0.010      -0.22%       94,776,633      33.94%       90,296,999      32.34%       4,479,634       Abnormal
     BRCM       $-4.860      -12.03%      24,498,233      51.95%       22,483,076      47.68%       2,015,157       Abnormal
     NOVL       $-0.010      -0.16%       10,306,224      60.09%       6,829,571       39.82%       3,476,653       Abnormal
     EMC        $-0.170      -0.60%       7,155,226       34.62%       5,207,911       25.20%       1,947,315       Abnormal
     MGM        $-0.270      -2.07%       6,362,173       39.91%       4,508,031       28.28%       1,854,142       Abnormal
     XOP        $-0.170      -0.27%       2,924,873       48.23%       779,299         12.85%       2,145,574       Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows C with 4,479,634 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.01000. 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.

BROADCOM CORP-CL A (NASDAQ:BRCM) - Broadcom Corporation designs, develops, and supplies semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. It provides a portfolio of system-on-a-chip and software solutions, which enable the delivery of voice, video, data, and multimedia content to mobile devices; consumer electronics devices in the home; and business networking products for the workplace, data centers, service providers, and carriers. The company serves the manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, consumer electronics and broadband access products, and mobile devices. Its broadband communications products include solutions for digital cables, satellite and Internet protocol (IP) set-top boxes, and media servers; cable and digital subscriber line modems and residential gateways; high definition televisions; high definition Blu-ray Disc players; and digital video recorders. The companys mobile and wireless products comprise integrating solutions in applications for wireless and personal area networking; cellular communications; personal navigation and global positioning; processing multimedia content in smart phones; and for managing the power in mobile devices. Broadcom Corporations enterprise networking products consist of Ethernet transceivers, controllers, switches, broadband network and security processors, and server chipsets. It markets and sells its products through direct sales force, distributors, and manufacturers representatives in the United States, as well as through regional offices, and a network of independent distributors and representatives in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

NOVELL INC (NASDAQ:NOVL) - Novell, Inc. develops, sells, and installs enterprise software that is positioned in the operating systems and infrastructure software layers of the information technology (IT) industry worldwide. The companys Open Platform Solutions segment delivers Linux and related solutions for the enterprises. Its products primarily include SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, an open source server operating system for professional deployment in heterogeneous IT environments; SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, a business desktop operating system; SUSE Studio that allows independent software vendors to build software appliances; and SUSE Moblin, a Linux based open source operating system. Novells Identity and Security Management segment integrates, secures, and manages IT assets. Its product line comprises Identity Manager, a data-sharing and synchronization solution; Access Manager that simplifies and safeguards online asset-sharing; SecureLogin, a directory-integrated authentication solution; Sentinel that automates the monitoring of IT effectiveness; Novell eDirectory, a platform-independent directory; and Compliance Management Platform, an integrated identity solution. The companys Systems and Resource Management segment offers products, including The Novell ZENworks, PlateSpin, and The Novell Business Service Management solutions that enable to define business and IT policies to automate the management of multiple IT resources. Novells Workgroup segment provides workgroup solutions that offer infrastructure, services, and tools, which customers require to collaborate across various devices. The company also provides technical support, training, and professional services. It has strategic alliances with Microsoft, Accenture Ltd., ACS, Dell, HP, IBM, Intel Corporation, SAP, Atos Origin, Cap Gemini, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Lenovo Group Limited, and Oracle Corporation. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

EMC CORP/MASS (NYSE:EMC) - EMC Corporation develops, delivers, and supports information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure technologies and solutions. The companys Information Storage segment offers networked information storage systems and software, which are deployed in storage area network (SAN), networked attached storage (NAS), unified storage combining NAS and SAN, content addressed storage, and direct attached storage environments. Its Content Management and Archiving segment provides software, which optimizes business processes, as well as creates, manages, delivers, and archives information from documents and discussions, e-mail, Web pages, images, XML, reports, records, rich media, and application data. The companys RSA Information Security segment delivers products, packaged solutions, and services to guard the integrity and confidentiality of information throughout its lifecycle. This segment offers solutions in identity assurance and access control, data loss prevention, encryption and key management, compliance and security information management, and fraud protection. Its principal products include RSA enVision, the RSA Data Loss Prevention (DLP) 7.0 Suite, RSA Share Project, and the RSA Adaptive Authentication platform. EMC Corporations VMware Virtual Infrastructure business offers virtual infrastructure solutions and services to address a range of IT problems that include cost and operational inefficiencies, business continuity, software lifecycle management, and desktop management. The company also provides consulting, technology deployment, managed, customer support, and training and certification services. It sells its products and services through direct sales and multiple distribution channels in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.

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.

SPDR S&P OIL & GAS EXP & PR (NYSE:XOP) - SPDR OIL/GAS EXPLOR.

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