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Wed, May 11, 2011
Market Maker Surveillance Report. MEE, EK, SLE, ABX, KBH, VXX, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Tuesday, May 10th 2011
May 10, 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 2484 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3727 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1487 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. MASSEY ENERGY CO (NYSE:MEE), EASTMAN KODAK CO (NYSE:EK), SARA LEE CORP (NYSE:SLE), BARRICK GOLD CORP (NYSE:ABX), KB HOME (NYSE:KBH), IPATH S&P 500 VIX S/T FU ETN (NYSE:VXX). 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
MEE $-0.320 -0.51% 1,402,921 37.88% 753,960 20.36% 648,961 Abnormal
EK $-0.050 -1.83% 2,232,203 42.89% 1,225,344 23.54% 1,006,859 Abnormal
SLE $-0.070 -0.38% 2,829,381 31.47% 2,382,831 26.50% 446,550 Abnormal
ABX $-0.090 -0.19% 1,805,669 28.02% 1,445,145 22.42% 360,524 Abnormal
KBH $-0.090 -0.78% 1,092,403 37.22% 747,900 25.48% 344,503 Abnormal
VXX $-0.890 -3.71% 5,584,675 30.52% 4,940,842 27.00% 643,833 Abnormal
Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above had more buying than selling on Tuesday 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 MEE with 648,961 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.32000. 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.
MASSEY ENERGY CO (NYSE:MEE) - Massey Energy Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, A.T. Massey Coal Company, Inc., produces, processes, and sells bituminous coal primarily in the United States. As of January 31, 2010, it operated 56 mines, including 42 underground mines and 14 surface mines in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Virginia. The company also owns and operates approximately 160 wells, 200 miles of gathering line, and various small compression facilities in Appalachian Basin. Massey Energy Companys customers include electric utilities, steel manufacturers, industrial customers, and energy traders and brokers. It distributes its products through freight and terminal agreements with various providers, including railroads, barge lines, ocean-going vessels, bulk motor carriers, and terminal facilities. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
EASTMAN KODAK CO (NYSE:EK) - Eastman Kodak Company provides imaging technology products and services to the photographic and graphic communications markets worldwide. It operates in three segments: Consumer Digital Imaging Group (CDG); Film, Photofinishing, and Entertainment Group (FPEG); and Graphic Communications Group (GCG). The CDG segment offers consumer digital capture and devices, including digital still and pocket video cameras, digital picture frames, imaging essentials, accessories, memory products, snapshot printers and related media; retail kiosks and consumables, consumer and retailer software workflows, remote business monitoring, retail store merchandising and identity programs, and after sale service and support; imaging sensors; and all-in-one inkjet printers. It also provides online merchandise and sharing services. The FPEG segment comprises traditional photographic products and services, including paper, film, and chemistry used for consumer, professional, and industrial imaging applications, as well as those products and services used in the creation of motion pictures. It manufactures and markets motion picture, consumer, professional, industrial, and aerial films; one-time-use cameras; photographic paper and photo chemicals; and industrial components. The GCG segment provides digital and traditional prepress equipment and consumables, including plates, chemistry, and media; workflow software and digital controller development; color, and black and white electrophotographic equipment and consumables; commercial inkjet printing systems; production and workgroup document scanners; and micrographic peripherals and media. It also provides imaging services; and maintenance and professional services for other manufacturers products. This segment serves various customers in the creative, in-plant, data center, commercial printing, packaging, newspaper, and digital service bureau market segments. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York.
SARA LEE CORP (NYSE:SLE) - Sara Lee Corporation engages in the manufacture and marketing of a range of branded packaged meat products, fresh and frozen bakery products, roast and ground coffee, and tea products worldwide. Its packaged meat products include hot dogs and corn dogs, breakfast sausages and sandwiches, smoked and dinner sausages, premium deli and luncheon meats, bacon, and cooked ham. The company sells these products under Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Jimmy Dean, Sara Lee, and State Fair brands. It offers fresh and frozen baked products, which comprise bread, buns, bagels, rolls, muffins, specialty bread, frozen pies, cakes, cheesecakes, and other desserts under Sara Lee, Earth Grains, and regional and local brand names. Sara Lee also provides roast, ground, and liquid coffee; cappuccinos; and lattes, as well as hot and iced teas under Douwe Egberts, Senseo, Maison du Cafe, Marcilla, Merrild, and Pickwick brands. The company sells its products to mass retailers, supermarkets, mass merchandisers, distributors, restaurants, hospitals, warehouse clubs, national chains, and other institutions through direct sales force and outside brokers. The company was formerly known as Consolidated Foods Corporation and changed its name to Sara Lee Corporation in 1985. Sara Lee Corporation was founded in 1939 and is based in Downers Grove, Illinois.
BARRICK GOLD CORP (NYSE:ABX) - Barrick Gold Corporation engages in the production and sale of gold, as well as related activities, such as exploration and mine development. The company has a portfolio of 25 operating mines and a pipeline of projects located in North America, South America, the Australia Pacific region, and Africa. It also produces copper and holds interests in oil and gas properties located in Canada. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
KB HOME (NYSE:KBH) - KB Home constructs and sells residential homes in the United States. It builds various homes, including attached and detached single-family homes, townhomes and condominiums, which are designed to appeal to first-time, move-up, and active adult buyers. The company provides title and insurance services to its homebuyers. It also offers mortgage banking services to its homebuyers indirectly through KBA Mortgage, LLC, a joint venture with a subsidiary of Bank of America, N.A. KB Home operates in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. As of November 30, 2009, it delivered 8,488 homes. The company was formerly known as Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation and changed its name to KB Home in 2001. KB Home was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
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