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Market Maker Surveillance Report. AMAT, JCP, JNJ, RDN, APOL, AKRX, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Tuesday, January 3rd 20

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January 3, 2012 / 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 3828 companies with "abnormal" market making, 4616 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1576 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. APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. (NASDAQ:AMAT), J.C. PENNEY CO INC (NYSE:JCP), JOHNSON & JOHNSON (NYSE:JNJ), RADIAN GROUP INC (NYSE:RDN), APOLLO GROUP INCORPORATED (NASDAQ:APOL), AKORN INC (NASDAQ:AKRX). 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
     AMAT       $-0.010      -0.09%       5,999,223       54.96%       4,853,007       44.46%       1,146,216       Abnormal
     JCP        $-0.130      -0.37%       2,271,757       45.06%       979,036         19.42%       1,292,721       Abnormal
     JNJ        $-0.120      -0.19%       4,858,540       31.58%       3,952,512       25.69%       906,028         Abnormal
     RDN        $-0.010      -0.43%       3,028,599       41.21%       2,070,279       28.17%       958,320         Abnormal
     APOL       $-0.740      -1.37%       1,640,082       59.76%       997,258         36.34%       642,824         Abnormal
     AKRX       $-0.070      -0.63%       1,648,166       69.34%       727,694         30.62%       920,472         Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows AMAT with 1,146,216 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.01000. 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.

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. (NASDAQ:AMAT) - Applied Materials, Inc. provides manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, flat panel display, solar photovoltaic (PV), and related industries worldwide. Its Silicon Systems Group segment offers a range of manufacturing equipment used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits. It provides systems that perform primary processes used in chip fabrication, including atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, electrochemical deposition etch, rapid thermal processing, chemical mechanical planarization, wet cleaning, and wafer metrology and inspection, as well as systems that etch, measure, and inspect circuit patterns on masks used in the photolithography process. The companys Applied Global Services segment offers products and services designed to improve the performance and productivity, and reduce the environmental impact of the fab operations of semiconductor, LCD, and solar PV manufacturers. Its Display segment provides equipment to fabricate thin film transistor LCDs for televisions, computer displays, and other consumer-oriented electronic applications. The companys Energy and Environmental Solutions segment offers manufacturing solutions for the generation and conservation of energy. It also provides manufacturing solutions for wafer-based crystalline silicon, and glass-based thin film applications. In addition, this segment offers roll-to-roll vacuum Web coating systems for deposition of a range of films on flexible substrates for functional, aesthetic, or optical properties, as well as roll-to-roll machine for depositing ultra-thin aluminum films for flexible packaging applications. The company serves manufacturers of semiconductor wafers and chips, flat panel liquid crystal displays, solar photovoltaic cells and modules, and other electronic devices. Applied Materials, Inc. was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

J.C. PENNEY CO INC (NYSE:JCP) - J. C. Penney Company, Inc., through its subsidiary, J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc., operates a network of department stores in the United States and Puerto Rico. It sells family apparel and footwear, accessories, fine and fashion jewelry, beauty products, and home furnishings. The company also provides various services, such as styling salon, optical, portrait photography, and custom decorating. It sells its products through department stores and catalogs, as well as through the Internet at jcp.com. As of January 30, 2010, the companys distribution network included 13 merchandise distribution centers, 5 regional warehouses, and 4 direct fulfillment centers. As of March 29, 2010, it operated 1,100 department stores. The company was founded in 1902 and is based in Plano, Texas.

JOHNSON & JOHNSON (NYSE:JNJ) - Johnson & Johnson engages in the research and development, manufacture, and sale of various products in the health care field worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices and Diagnostics. The Consumer segment provides products used in baby care, skin care, oral care, wound care, and womens health care fields, as well as nutritional, over-the-counter pharmaceutical products, and wellness and prevention platforms under the names JOHNSONS, AVEENO, CLEAN & CLEAR, JOHNSONS Adult, NEUTROGENA, RoC, LUBRIDERM, Dabao, Vendome, LISTERINE, REACH, BAND-AID, PURELL, CAREFREE, STAYFREE, SPLENDA, TYLENOL, SUDAFED, ZYRTEC, MOTRIN IB, and PEPCID AC. The Pharmaceutical segment offers products in various therapeutic areas, such as anti-infective, antipsychotic, cardiovascular, contraceptive, dermatology, gastrointestinal, immunology, neurology, oncology, urology, and virology. Its products include REMICADE, a biologic approved for the treatment of immune mediated inflammatory diseases; PROCRIT, a biotechnology-derived product that stimulates red blood cell production; LEVAQUIN, which is used in the anti-infective field; RISPERDAL CONSTA, a injectable for the treatment of schizophrenia; CONCERTA, a product for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ACIPHEX/PARIET, a proton pump inhibitor; DURAGESIC/Fentanyl Transdermal, a treatment for chronic pain; VELCADE for the treatment of multiple myeloma; PREZISTA for treating HIV/AIDS patients; and INVEGA, a atypical antipsychotic. The Medical Devices and Diagnostics segment primarily offers circulatory disease management products; orthopaedic joint reconstruction, spinal care, and sports medicine products; surgical care, aesthetics, and womens health products; blood glucose monitoring and insulin delivery products; professional diagnostic products; and disposable contact lenses. The company was founded in 1886 and is based in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

RADIAN GROUP INC (NYSE:RDN) - Radian Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides credit-related insurance coverage and financial services in the United States and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Mortgage Insurance, Financial Guaranty, and Financial Services. The Mortgage Insurance segment offers credit protection for mortgage lenders and other financial services companies on residential mortgage assets. This segment serves mortgage originators, such as mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers, commercial banks, savings institutions, and credit unions. The Financial Guaranty segment insures and reinsures municipal bonds, structured finance transactions, and other credit-based risks, as well as provides credit protection on various asset classes through financial guarantees and credit default swaps. This segment serves financial institutions that structure, underwrite, or trade securities issued in structured finance obligations. The Financial Services segment specializes in credit card and bankruptcy-plan consumer assets, as well as originates subprime credit card receivables and has various other similar ventures related to consumer assets. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

APOLLO GROUP INCORPORATED (NASDAQ:APOL) - Apollo Group, Inc. provides educational programs and services at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels. The company offers associates, bachelors, masters, and doctoral degree programs in arts and sciences, business and management, criminal justice and security, counseling, education, human services, health care, psychology, technology, and nursing through its campus locations and learning centers in 39 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as through its online education delivery system. It also provides program development, administration, and management consulting services to private colleges and universities comprising degree program design, curriculum development, market research, student recruitment, accounting, and administrative services. In addition, the company offers financial services education programs and certification programs in retirement, asset management, and other financial planning areas; degree programs online to working learners in Canada and internationally; and education and training to professionals in the legal and finance industries in the United Kingdom. Apollo Group, Inc. was founded in 1973 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.

AKORN INC (NASDAQ:AKRX) - Akorn, Inc., a generic pharmaceutical company, engaged in the development, manufacture, and marketing of multi-source and branded pharmaceutical products in the areas of ophthalmology, antidotes, anti-infectives, and controlled substances for pain management and anesthesia in the United States and internationally. The companys Ophthalmic segment markets diagnostic products, including mydriatics and cycloplegics, anesthetics, topical stains, gonioscopic solutions, and angiography dyes, which are used in the office setting. It also sells therapeutic products, such as antibiotics, anti-infectives, steroids, steroid combinations, glaucoma medications, decongestants/antihistamines, and anti-edema medications to wholesalers, chain drug stores, and other national account customers. In addition, this segment offers non-pharmaceutical products, including various artificial tear solutions and preservative-free lubricating ointments. The company's Specialty Therapeutics and Injectable segment markets hospital drug and injectable pharmaceutical products, including antidotes, anti-infectives, and controlled substances for pain management and anesthesia; and other pharmaceutical products. This segment markets products to hospitals through the wholesale distribution channel. Its Contract Service segment manufactures aseptic filled and terminally sterilized ophthalmic and injectable pharmaceutical products for third party pharmaceutical customers. The companys customers include physicians, optometrists, hospitals, surgery centers, clinics, long-term care, wholesalers, group purchasing organizations, retail pharmacies, and other pharmaceutical companies. Akorn, Inc. was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.

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