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Market Maker Surveillance Report. UTSI, WEN, CMCSK, DFS, INTC, HTZ, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Tuesday, May 31st 2011

^{Published on 2011-05-31 17:50:56 - WOPRAI}
 

May 31, 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 2756 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3395 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1635 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with Abnormal Price Friction (bullish bias) in their stock prices. This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices rose. UTSTARCOM INC (NASDAQ:UTSI), WENDY'S/ARBY'S GROUP INC-A (NYSE:WEN), COMCAST CORP-SPECIAL CL A (NASDAQ:CMCSK), DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES (NYSE:DFS), INTEL CORP (NASDAQ:INTC), HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS INC (NYSE:HTZ). 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
     UTSI       $0.010       0.55%        810,285         7.31%        10,265,927      92.68%       -9,455,642      Abnormal
     WEN        $0.080       1.62%        1,230,066       13.41%       7,041,772       76.80%       -5,811,706      Abnormal
     CMCSK      $0.120       0.51%        3,722,919       28.96%       9,111,589       70.87%       -5,388,670      Abnormal
     DFS        $0.040       0.17%        2,308,200       15.10%       10,248,640      67.05%       -7,940,440      Abnormal
     INTC       $0.320       1.44%        26,727,396      43.12%       34,364,501      55.44%       -7,637,105      Abnormal
     HTZ        $0.070       0.44%        1,634,074       15.05%       7,041,033       64.84%       -5,406,959      Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows UTSI with 9,455,642 greater shares of selling than buying (NetVol) and the stock price was up $0.01000. This means the Market Makers were trading the stock in a way inconsistent with normal supply and demand (Economics 101); more selling than buying should cause prices to drop.

UTSTARCOM INC (NASDAQ:UTSI) - UTStarcom, Inc. designs and sells Internet protocol (IP)-based telecommunications infrastructure products to telecommunications service providers and operators. It also provides telecommunications infrastructure installation and maintenance services. The company focuses on the multimedia communications and broadband infrastructure markets. It offers multimedia communications products, including RollingStream, an IPTV solution that enables a service provider to deliver broadcast television and on-demand video services to residential and commercial premises over a switched network architecture; mSwitch, a next generation network solution that enables service providers to migrate from existing circuit platforms to a next generation IP-based switch architecture, or to launch new applications in new deployment environments that have no legacy infrastructure; and a personal access system, as well as provides related services. The company also provides broadband infrastructure products comprising broadband access products consisting of multi-service access node products, digital subscriber line products, and gigabit Ethernet passive optical network products; and optical transport products, such as multi-service transport platform, resilient packet ring, and packet optical transport network products, as well as offers related services. It operates primarily in China, Japan, India, and the Philippines. UTStarcom, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is based in Beijing, China.

WENDY'S/ARBY'S GROUP INC-A (NYSE:WEN) - Wendys/Arbys Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as the owner and franchisor of the Wendys and Arbys restaurant systems. Wendys is the restaurant franchising system specializing in the hamburger sandwich segment of the quick service restaurant industry; and Arbys is the restaurant franchising system specializing in the roast beef sandwich segment of the quick service restaurant industry. As of January 2, 2011, the Wendys restaurant system comprised 6,576 restaurants, of which 1,394 were owned and operated by the company; and the Arbys restaurant system consisted of 3,649 restaurants, of which 1,144 were owned and operated by the company. It operates in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

COMCAST CORP-SPECIAL CL A (NASDAQ:CMCSK) - Comcast Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides consumer entertainment, information, and communication products and services to the residential and commercial customers in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Cable and Programming. The Cable segment manages and operates cable systems, including video, high-speed Internet, and phone services, as well as regional sports and news networks. Its video services include analog, digital, on demand, and high-definition television and/or digital video recorders. This segments high-speed Internet service consists of an interactive portal, Comcast.net, which provides multiple email addresses and online storage, as well as various proprietary content, and value-added features and enhancements. Its phone services include voice over Internet protocol digital phone service that provides local and domestic long-distance calling with various features, such as voice mail, caller ID, and call waiting services. The Programming segment operates national programming networks consisting of E!, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, and Style. The company also develops and operates Internet businesses focused on entertainment, information, and communication, including Comcast.net, Fancast, thePlatform, Fandango, Plaxo, and DailyCandy; and owns two professional sports teams and a multipurpose arena, as well as provides facilities management services, including food services, for sporting events, concerts, and other events. As of December 31, 2009, Comcast Corporation served approximately 23.6 million video customers, 15.9 million high-speed Internet customers, and 7.6 million phone customers, as well as approximately 50.6 million homes in 39 states and the District of Columbia. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES (NYSE:DFS) - Discover Financial Services, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a credit card issuer and electronic payment services company primarily in the United States. The company offers Discover Card-branded credit cards to individuals and small businesses over the Discover Network. It also provides other consumer products and services, including personal loans, student loans, and prepaid cards, as well as deposit products, such as certificates of deposit, money market accounts, online savings accounts, and individual retirement accounts. In addition, the company offers automated teller machine, debit, and electronic funds transfer network; payments network; and credit, debit, and prepaid cards issued by third parties. Discover Financial Services was founded in 1986 and is based in Riverwoods, Illinois.

INTEL CORP (NASDAQ:INTC) - Intel Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of integrated circuits for computing and communications industries worldwide. It offers microprocessor products used in notebooks, netbooks, desktops, servers, workstations, storage products, embedded applications, communications products, consumer electronics devices, and handhelds. The company also provides system on chip products that integrate its core processing functionalities with other system components, such as graphics, audio, and video, onto a single chip. In addition, it offers chipset products that send data between the microprocessor and input, display, and storage devices, including keyboard, mouse, monitor, hard drive, and CD, DVD, or Blu-ray drives; motherboards designed for desktop, server, and workstation platforms, and that has connectors for attaching devices to the bus; and wired and wireless connectivity products consisting of network adapters and embedded wireless cards used to translate and transmit data across networks. Further, the company provides NAND flash memory products primarily used in portable memory storage devices, digital camera memory cards, and solid-state drives; software products comprising operating systems, middleware, and tools used to develop, run, and manage various enterprise, consumer, embedded, and handheld devices; and software development tools that enable the creation of applications. Additionally, it develops computing platforms, which are integrated hardware and software computing technologies designed to offer an optimized solution. The company sells its products principally to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, PC components and other products users, and other manufacturers of industrial and communications equipment. It has a strategic alliance with Scientific Conservation Inc. Intel Corporation was founded in 1968 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS INC (NYSE:HTZ) - Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the car and equipment rental businesses worldwide. It operates in two segments, Car Rental and Equipment Rental. The Car Rental segment engages in the ownership and lease of cars. This segment operates car rental locations at or near airports, as well as in central business districts and suburban areas of cities in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Australia, New Zealand, China, and Brazil. It also operates retail used car sales locations in the United States and France. The Equipment Rental segment rents earthmoving equipment, material handling equipment, aerial and electrical equipment, air compressors, generators, pumps, small tools, compaction equipment, and construction-related trucks. In addition, this segment sells new equipment, and consumables, such as gloves and hardhats. The company also offers claim administration services, such as investigating, evaluating, negotiating, and disposing of various claims, including third-party, first-party, bodily injury, property damage, general liability, and product liability. Hertz Global serves various industries, such as construction, petrochemical, automobile manufacturing, railroad, power generation, and shipbuilding. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Park Ridge, New Jersey.

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