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Market Maker Surveillance Report. BAC, SIRI, IRM, T, PPDI, APKT, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Wednesday, October 5th 20

^{Published on 2011-10-05 18:20:39 - WOPRAI}
 

October 5, 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 4162 companies with "abnormal" market making, 4175 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1952 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. BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (NYSE:BAC), SIRIUS XM RADIO INC (NASDAQ:SIRI), IRON MOUNTAIN INC (NYSE:IRM), AT&T INC (NYSE:T), PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT DEVEL (NASDAQ:PPDI), ACME PACKET INC (NASDAQ:APKT). 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
     BAC        $-0.070      -1.22%       93,830,797      32.29%       84,119,293      28.95%       9,711,504       Abnormal
     SIRI       $-0.020      -1.36%       27,886,921      60.70%       19,095,256      41.57%       8,791,665       Abnormal
     IRM        $-0.460      -1.52%       2,681,578       46.41%       1,170,716       20.26%       1,510,862       Abnormal
     T          $-0.040      -0.14%       9,963,789       30.94%       8,517,797       26.45%       1,445,992       Abnormal
     PPDI       $-0.030      -0.11%       12,909,793      74.85%       4,336,596       25.14%       8,573,197       Abnormal
     APKT       $-2.370      -5.53%       8,401,093       53.94%       6,950,159       44.62%       1,450,934       Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows BAC with 9,711,504 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.07000. 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.

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (NYSE:BAC) - Bank of America Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides banking and financial services to individuals, small- and middle-market businesses, corporations, and governments primarily in the United States and internationally. The companys Deposits segment generates savings accounts, money market savings accounts, certificate of deposits and IRAs, and checking accounts; and Global Card Services segment provides the U.S. consumer and business card, consumer lending, international card and debit card services. Its Home Loans & Insurance segment offers fixed and adjustable-rate first-lien mortgage loans for home purchase and refinancing needs, reverse mortgages, home equity lines of credit, and home equity loans, as well as property, casualty, life, disability, and credit insurance. The companys Global Commercial Banking segment provides commercial loans and commitment facilities, real estate lending, leasing, trade finance, short-term credit, asset-based lending, and indirect consumer loans; and capital management and treasury solutions, such as treasury management, foreign exchange, and short-term investing options. Its Global Banking & Markets segment provides financial products, advisory services, financing, securities clearing, settlement, and custody services; debt and equity underwriting and distribution, merger-related advisory services, and risk management products; and integrated working capital management and treasury solutions. The companys Global Wealth & Investment Management segment offers advisory services, team-based investment advice and guidance, brokerage services, and wealth management solutions, as well as retirement services. Bank of America Corporation serves customers through a network of approximately 5,900 banking centers and 18,000 automated teller machines. The company was founded in 1874 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

SIRIUS XM RADIO INC (NASDAQ:SIRI) - Sirius XM Radio Inc. provides satellite radio services in the United States and Canada. The company offers a programming lineup of approximately 135 channels of commercial-free music, sports, news, talk, entertainment, and traffic and weather. It also provides music channels that offer music genres, ranging from rock, pop and hip-hop to country, dance, jazz, Latin, and classical; channels of sports; talk and entertainment channels; comedy channels; national, international, and financial news channels; and religious channels. As of December 31, 2009, Sirius XM Radio had 18,772,758 subscribers. In addition, it provides music services for commercial establishments; music and comedy channels to mobile phone users; and music channels and select non-music channels over the Internet; a suite of data services; services that offer graphic information; and various real-time weather services, as well as operates a television service, which provides content designed primarily for children in the backseat of vehicles. Further, the company engages in the distribution of satellite radios for use in cars, trucks, homes, offices, boats, or other locations. Sirius XM Radio distributes its satellite radios primarily through automakers, retailers, and Web sites, as well as offers to customers of rental car companies. Further, it provides home units that offer satellite services to home and commercial audio systems, and products that provide access to the Internet radio services in the home without the personal computer. The company was formerly known as Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and changed its name to Sirius XM Radio Inc. in August 2008. Sirius XM Radio Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

IRON MOUNTAIN INC (NYSE:IRM) - Iron Mountain Incorporated provides information management and related services for various media in North America, Europe, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific. It offers records management, data protection and recovery, and information destruction services. The records management services include records management program development and implementation to help customers comply with specific regulatory requirements; implementation of policy-based programs that feature secure storage for media consisting of paper, flexible retrieval access, and retention management; digital archiving and related services for secure long-term archiving of electronic records; and specialized services for vital records and regulated industries, such as healthcare, energy, government, and financial services. The data protection and recovery services comprise disaster preparedness, planning, support and secure, and off-site vaulting of data backup media for data recovery in the event of a disaster, human error, or virus; online backup and recovery solutions for desktop and laptop computers and remote servers; and technology escrow services to protect and manage source code and other proprietary information. The information destruction services include secure shredding services, such as hardcopy records management services and shredding of sensitive documents for corporate customers. The company also sells corrugated cardboard storage cartons; and provides consulting, facilities management, fulfillment, and other outsourcing services. It serves commercial, legal, banking, healthcare, accounting, insurance, entertainment, and government organizations. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

AT&T INC (NYSE:T) - AT&T Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides telecommunication services to consumers, businesses, and other service providers worldwide. Its Wireless segment offers wireless voice communication services, including local wireless communications service, long-distance service, and roaming services. This segment also sells various handsets, wirelessly enabled computers, and personal computer wireless data cards; and accessories comprising carrying cases, hands-free devices, batteries, battery chargers and, other items. This segment sells its products through its own stores, or through agents or third party retail stores. The companys Wireline segment provides voice services, including local and long-distance services, calling card, 1-800 services, conference calling, wholesale switched access service, caller ID, call waiting, and voice mail services; and application management, security service, integration services, customer premises equipment, outsourcing, government-related services, and satellite video services. This segment also offers data services, such as switched and dedicated transport, Internet access and network integration, data equipment, and U-verse services; high-speed connections comprising private lines, packet, dedicated Internet, and enterprise networking services, as well as DSL/broadband, dial-up Internet access, and WiFi products; businesses voice applications over IP-based networks; and local, interstate, and international wholesale networking capacity to other service providers. In addition, its Advertising solutions segment publishes yellow and white pages directories; and sells directory advertising and Internet-based advertising and local search. The company was formerly known as SBC Communications Inc. and changed its name to AT&T Inc. in November 2005 as a result of merger with AT&T Corp. AT&T Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT DEVEL (NASDAQ:PPDI) - Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc., a contract research organization, provides drug discovery and development services, post-approval expertise, and compound partnering programs. Its Discovery Sciences segment offers preclinical program design, toxicology consulting, lab services, and technical writing and regulatory submissions, as well as compound collaboration programs. The Development segment provides Phase 1 clinical testing, lab services, and Phases 2 through 4 clinical trial management services (such as study design, investigator recruitment, clinical data management and bio-statistical analysis). The company also offers product launch services and patient and disease registry programs, and has operations worldwide. Pharmaceutical Product Development, founded in 1985, is headquartered in Wilmington, N.C.

ACME PACKET INC (NASDAQ:APKT) - Acme Packet, Inc. provides session border controllers (SBCs) that enable service providers, enterprises, and contact centers to deliver interactive communications and data services across Internet protocol (IP) network borders in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The SBCs are deployed at the borders between IP networks, such as between two service providers; between a service provider and its enterprise, residential, or mobile customers; and between enterprises IP network and their service providers network. The SBCs act as the source and destination for signaling messages and media streams entering and exiting the network. The company offers Acme Packet Net-Net OS, a software platform, which offers border control functionality in terms of architectural flexibility, signaling protocol breadth, control function and feature depth, and carrier-class availability and manageability. It also provides Acme Packet Net-Net platforms to address a range of interactive communications requirements; Acme Packet Net-Net OS-E, an enterprise SBC software; Acme Packet Net-Net EMS, a network element management application for the Net-Net family of producs; Acme Packet Net-Net SAS that provides off-line collection, reporting, and analysis of session call detail records; and Acme Packet Net-Net RMC, a element management application. In addition, the company offers professional, post-installation, and training services. Acme Packet, Inc. sells its products and services indirectly through distribution partners and through direct sales force. It serves primarily incumbent and competitive local exchange and long distance providers, international service providers, cable operators, voice application service providers, enterprises, universities, and government agencies. The company was formerly known as Primary Networks, Inc. and changed its name to Acme Packet, Inc. in January 2001. Acme Packet, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.

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