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Market Maker Surveillance Report. CMCSA, FNFG, THC, DUK, ISIL, XRX, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Monday, June 20th 2011


Published on 2011-06-20 17:50:28 - WOPRAI
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June 20, 2011 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Monday. 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 Monday there were 4353 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3429 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3132 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. COMCAST CORP-CLASS A (NASDAQ:CMCSA), FIRST NIAGARA FINANCIAL GRP (NASDAQ:FNFG), TENET HEALTHCARE CORP (NYSE:THC), DUKE ENERGY CORP (NYSE:DUK), INTERSIL CORP-A (NASDAQ:ISIL), XEROX CORP (NYSE:XRX). 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
     CMCSA      $0.040       0.19%        6,042,684       41.41%       9,682,962       66.35%       -3,640,278      Abnormal
     FNFG       $0.110       0.81%        803,241         16.99%       3,911,910       82.77%       -3,108,669      Abnormal
     THC        $0.030       0.47%        2,646,950       19.86%       6,547,011       49.12%       -3,900,061      Abnormal
     DUK        $0.090       0.48%        1,767,869       18.72%       4,247,066       44.97%       -2,479,197      Abnormal
     ISIL       $0.100       0.81%        960,730         22.42%       3,321,669       77.52%       -2,360,939      Abnormal
     XRX        $0.020       0.20%        3,804,990       26.36%       6,211,117       43.04%       -2,406,127      Abnormal
Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above had more selling than buying on Monday and their stock prices rose. 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 CMCSA with 3,640,278 greater shares of selling than buying (NetVol) and the stock price was up $0.04000. 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.

COMCAST CORP-CLASS A (NASDAQ:CMCSA) - 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.

FIRST NIAGARA FINANCIAL GRP (NASDAQ:FNFG) - First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. operates as the holding company for First Niagara Bank, N.A. that provides retail and commercial banking, and other financial services to individuals, families, and businesses. It offers retail deposit accounts, which include savings, negotiable order of withdrawal, checking, money market, and certificate of deposit accounts, as well as provides business savings and checking, money market, cash management accounts, and municipal deposit accounts. The companys loan portfolio comprises commercial real estate and multi-family loans; commercial business loans; residential real estate loans; home equity loans; and consumer loans consisting of indirect mobile home loans, and personal secured and unsecured loans. It also sells insurance products, including commercial and personal insurance, surety bond, life, disability, and long-term care coverage products. In addition, the company offers risk management consulting services comprising alternative risk and self-insurance services, claims investigation and adjusting services, and third party administration services for self insured workers compensation plans. Further, it provides employee benefits plan and compensation consulting services. Additionally, First Niagara Financial Group offers wealth management services that manage client funds utilizing various third party investment vehicles consisting of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and annuities, as well as other investment products, such as individual retirement accounts, education savings plans, and retirement plans. As of December 31, 2010 it operated 257 bank branches, including 115 in Upstate New York and 142 branches in Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1870 and is based in Buffalo, New York.

TENET HEALTHCARE CORP (NYSE:THC) - Tenet Healthcare Corporation, an investor-owned health care services company, operates general hospitals and related health care facilities. The companys general hospitals offer acute care services, radiology services, and respiratory therapy services, as well as operate operating and recovery rooms, and clinical laboratories and pharmacies. It also provides intensive care, critical care and/or coronary care units, and physical therapy; orthopedic, oncology, and outpatient services; tertiary care services, such as open-heart surgery, neonatal intensive care, and neuroscience; quaternary care in areas, including heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplants; gamma-knife brain surgery; cyberknife surgery for tumors and lesions in the brain, lung, neck, and spine; and bone marrow transplants. As of December 31, 2008, Tenet Healthcare Corporation operated 53 general hospitals; and a critical access hospital with a combined total of 14,352 licensed beds serving urban and rural communities. The company also operated various related health care facilities, including a rehabilitation hospital; a long-term acute care hospital; a skilled nursing facility; various medical office buildings; and physician practices, captive insurance companies, and other ancillary health care businesses, such as outpatient surgery centers, diagnostic imaging centers, and occupational and rural health care clinics, as well as owned interests in two health maintenance organizations. It has a joint venture agreement with MED3000 Inc. to provide services to physician practices. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas with additional offices in Santa Ana, California; Coral Springs, Florida; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

DUKE ENERGY CORP (NYSE:DUK) - Duke Energy Corporation operates as an energy company in the Americas. It operates through three segments: U.S. Franchised Electric and Gas, Commercial Power, and International Energy. The U.S. Franchised Electric and Gas segment generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity in central and western North Carolina, western South Carolina, southwestern Ohio, Indiana, and northern Kentucky; and transports and sells natural gas in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky. This segment supplies electric service to 4 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers with approximately 152,200 miles of distribution lines and a 20,900 mile transmission system; and sells electricity on wholesale to incorporated municipalities, electric cooperative utilities, and other load serving entities. It generates electricity through nuclear, coal-fired, hydroelectric, combustion turbine, and natural gas plants, as well as a solar power plant. The Commercial Power segment owns, operates, and manages power plants, as well as engages in the wholesale marketing and procurement of electric power, fuel, and emission allowances related to plants. This segment also retails electricity to customers in southwest, west central, and northern Ohio. The International Energy segment owns, operates, and manages power generation facilities; sells and markets electric power and natural gas; and produces natural gas liquids, methanol, and methyl tertiary butyl ether. This segment serves retail distributors, electric utilities, independent power producers, marketers, and industrial/commercial companies. The company also develops, owns, and operates a fiber optic communications network, primarily in the southeast U.S., serving wireless, local and long-distance communications companies, Internet service providers, and other businesses and organizations. Duke Energy Corporation was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

INTERSIL CORP-A (NASDAQ:ISIL) - Intersil Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of analog integrated circuits (ICs). The company offers a range of application specific standard products and general purpose proprietary products for consumer, industrial, computing, and communications markets. Its high-end consumer products include gaming, light sensors, optical storage, displays, and handheld products, which are used in electronic game systems, DVD players and recorders, MP3 players, GPS systems, liquid crystal display televisions, data converters, and smart cell phones. The company's industrial products comprise operational amplifiers, bridge driver power management products, switches and multiplexers, and other standard analog and power management products that are used in medical imaging, energy management, automotive, solar generating devices, military, and factory automation markets. Its communication products consist of line drivers, broadband and hot plug power management products, and high speed converters for applications in digital subscriber line, home gateway, satellite, networking, cellular base station, and networking/switching equipment markets. The company's computing products comprise desktop, server, and notebook power management products, including core power devices and other power management products for peripheral devices. Intersil Corporation markets its products through distributors and value added resellers to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, and contract manufacturers in China, the United States, South Korea, and Japan, as well as in Taiwan, Japan, Germany, Singapore, Thailand, and the Netherlands. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.

XEROX CORP (NYSE:XRX) - Xerox Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, marketing, service, and finance of document equipment, software, solutions, and services worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Technology, Services, and Other. The Technology segment provides multifunction printers, copiers, digital printing presses, light production devices, and desktop monochrome and color printers for office users. This segment also offers Extensible Interface Platform, a software platform that provides tools to create server based applications; and Xerox Mobile Print Solution, Xerox Mobile Express Driver, and Secure Access Unified ID System. The Services segment offers business process, information technology (IT), and document outsourcing services. Its business process outsourcing services include human resources, customer care, finance and accounting, healthcare payer and insurance, government services and solutions, transportation solutions, and card fare payment solutions. This segments IT outsourcing services comprise data center outsourcing, server outsourcing, network outsourcing, remote infrastructure management, help desk/service desk management, desktop outsourcing, managed storage, utility computing, disaster recovery, security, and IT commercial services. Its document outsourcing services include managed print services; consolidating in-house production and commercial printing; communication processes and back-office functions; designing, authoring, and translating technical documentation; and creating personalized and multi-channel marketing communications. The Other segment primarily sells paper, wide-format systems, and GIS network integration solutions and electronic presentation systems. The company sells its products and solutions through its sales force, as well as through a network of independent agents, dealers, value-added resellers, systems integrators, and the Web. Xerox Corporation was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut.

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