Market Maker Surveillance Report. RT, CVO, DRRX, LNET, AWCMF, HIL, Losing Stocks With Lowest Price Friction For Wednesday, Oct
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 the largest percentage loss per share Wednesday and low price friction (bearish). This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices dropped faster with less Friction. RUBY TUESDAY INC (NYSE:RT), CENVEO, INC. (NYSE:CVO), DURECT CORPORATION (NASDAQ:DRRX), LODGENET INTERACTIVE CORP (NASDAQ:LNET), ALUMINA LTD (OTC:AWCMF), HILL INTERNATIONAL INC (NYSE:HIL). 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 RT $-0.660 -9.05% 323,168 28.15% 367,344 32.00% -44,176 -669 CVO $-0.290 -8.98% 243,115 33.56% 272,320 37.60% -29,205 -1,007 DRRX $-0.180 -10.65% 202,448 48.60% 217,293 52.17% -14,845 -825 LNET $-0.180 -11.76% 101,975 42.96% 135,416 57.04% -33,441 -1,858 AWCMF $-0.930 -39.59% 92,328 46.21% 107,484 53.79% -15,156 -163 HIL $-0.810 -13.99% 44,507 31.51% 47,896 33.91% -3,389 -42Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above have high net dollar losses (Change) and extremely low price friction in their stocks. 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 RT with a dollar loss Wednesday of $-0.66000 and a Friction Factor of -669 shares. That means that it only took 669 more shares of selling than buying to move RT lower by one penny. This means the Market Makers are allowing the stock to drop quickly (low friction). The combination of low friction and negative market direction can drive prices lower faster than normal.
RUBY TUESDAY INC (NYSE:RT) - Ruby Tuesday, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises casual dining restaurants in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, and internationally. The company operates its restaurants under the Ruby Tuesday brand, as well as owns and operates two Wok Hay restaurants. As of June 1, 2010, it owned and operated 656 casual dining restaurants in 27 states and the District of Columbia; and franchise partnerships operated 116 restaurants, as well as traditional franchisees operated 49 domestic and 58 international restaurants in the United States, the Asia Pacific Region, India, the Middle East, Puerto Rico, Guam, Canada, Iceland, eastern Europe, and Central and South America. The company was founded in 1920 and is based in Maryville, Tennessee.
CENVEO, INC. (NYSE:CVO) - Cenveo, Inc. operates as a diversified printing company in North America. The company operates through two segments, Envelopes, Forms, and Labels; and Commercial Printing. The Envelopes, Forms, and Labels segment engages in the design, manufacture, and printing of custom labels and specialty forms sold through a network of resale distributors for industries, including food and beverage, manufacturing, and pharmacy chains. This segment also provides stock envelopes, labels, and business forms generally sold to independent distributors, office-products suppliers, and office-products retail chains; and direct mail and customized envelopes developed for the advertising, billing, and remittance needs of various customers, such as financial services companies. The Commercial Printing segment provides print, design, and content management offerings, including specialty packaging and promotional materials for multinational consumer products companies. This segment also offers scientific, technical, and medical journals; special interest and trade magazines for non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and specialty publishers. In addition, it involves in the high-end color printing of a range of premium products; general commercial printing products; and the provision of various solutions, including editing, content processing, content management, electronic peer review, production, distribution, and reprint marketing. Further, this segments commercial printing products comprise specialized periodicals, annual reports, car brochures, direct mail products, advertising literature, corporate identity materials, financial printing, books, directories, calendars, brand marketing materials, catalogs, and maps. It primarily serves the consumer products, pharmaceutical, financial services, publishing, and telecommunications industries. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
DURECT CORPORATION (NASDAQ:DRRX) - DURECT Corporation focuses on the development of pharmaceutical products for pain, central nervous system disorders, cardiovascular disease, and other chronic diseases based on its proprietary drug formulations and delivery platform technologies. Its products include Remoxy, an oxycodone gelatin capsule for chronic pain, which is accepted as a new drug application; POSIDUR, a release formulation of bupivacaine that is under Phase III clinical trial for post operative pain; ELADUR, a transdermal bupivacaine patch, which is under Phase II clinical trial, provides continuous delivery of bupivacaine for up to three days from a single application, as well as for the treatment of pain associated with post-herpetic neuralgia; and TRANSDUR-Sufentanil, a proprietary transdermal sufentanil patch, which is under Phase II clinical trial, provides continuous delivery of sufentanil for a period of up to seven days from a single application. The companys products also comprise oral controlled release opioid for pain that is under the Phase I clinical trial; and ORADUR-ADHD, a preclinical trial product targeting attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It markets ALZET, the miniature implantable osmotic pumps and accessories for experimental research in mice, rats, and other laboratory animals. The company also develops and manufactures various biodegradable polymers based on lactide, glycolide, and caprolactone under the LACTEL brand for pharmaceutical and medical device clients, as well as conducts research and development of pharmaceutical products in collaboration with third party pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The company has strategic agreements with Alpharma Ireland Limited; Nycomed Danmark, ApS; Pain Therapeutics, Inc.; Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc; Curaxis Pharmaceutical Corporation; ALZA Corporation; EpiCept Corporation; NeuroSystec Corporation; and King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. DURECT Corporation was founded in 1998 and is based in Cupertino, California.
LODGENET INTERACTIVE CORP (NASDAQ:LNET) - LodgeNet Interactive Corporation provides interactive media and connectivity solutions for the hospitality industry in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The companys guest entertainment services include on-demand movies, on-demand games, music and music video, Internet on television, and television on-demand. It also offers satellite-delivered cable television programming; and broadband Internet access, service, and support; and system sales, service, and support solutions. In addition, the company provides various solutions, including the LodgeNetRX interactive patient television system, patient education solutions, clinical systems integration applications, and cable television hardware and programming; and offers professional, technical, and installation services to the healthcare industry. Additionally, LodgeNet Interactive Corporation offers advertising and media services, which consist of traditional television advertising, video-on-demand/interactive advertising, and programming carriage services. As of December 31, 2009, it provided interactive media and connectivity solutions to approximately 1.9 million hotel rooms; and advertising media services to approximately 1.2 million hotel rooms, as well as served 45 healthcare facilities, representing approximately 9,200 beds. LodgeNet Interactive Corporation was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
ALUMINA LTD (OTC:AWCMF) - Alumina Limited, through its 40 % equity interest in Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals, engages in the bauxite mining, alumina refining, and aluminum smelting businesses. The company also involves in the production of alumina and alumina based chemicals. It holds interests in eight alumina refineries and seven bauxite mines; and operates two aluminum smelters in Victoria, Australia, as well as a network of mines, refineries, and smelters in Australia, the United States, Guinea, Suriname, Jamaica, Brazil, and Spain. The company, formerly known as WMC Limited, was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Southbank, Australia.
HILL INTERNATIONAL INC (NYSE:HIL) - Hill International, Inc. provides fee-based project management and construction claims services worldwide. It operates through two segments, Project Management Group and Construction Claims Group. The Project Management Group segment provides fee-based or agency construction management services. Its services include program management, project management, construction management, project management oversight, troubled project turnaround, staff augmentation, estimating and cost management, project labor agreements, and management consulting. This segment manages various phases of the construction process on behalf of project owners and developers; and undertakes activities, such as planning, scheduling, estimating, budgeting, design review, constructability analyses, value engineering, regulatory compliance, development of project procedures, procurement, project reporting, expediting, inspection, quality assurance/quality control, safety oversight, contract administration, change order processing, and claims management, as well as on-site management of contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers. The Construction Claims Group segment advises clients to assist them in preventing or resolving claims and disputes based upon schedule delays, cost overruns, and other problems on construction projects. It undertakes activities, which include claims preparation, analysis and review, litigation support, lender advisory services, cost/damages assessment, delay/disruption analysis, contract review and assessment, risk assessment, adjudication, and witness testimony. This segments clients include owners, contractors, subcontractors, architects, engineers, attorneys, lenders, and insurance companies. The company primarily serves the United States and other national governments, state and local governments, and the private sector. Hill International, Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Marlton, New Jersey.
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