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Market Maker Surveillance Report. YHOO, MAS, MSFT, NWSA, DCT, FTR, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Tuesday, February 14th

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February 14, 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 3680 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2181 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3823 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. YAHOO! INC (NASDAQ:YHOO), MASCO CORP (NYSE:MAS), MICROSOFT CORPORATION (NASDAQ:MSFT), News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA), DCT INDUSTRIAL TRUST INC (NYSE:DCT), FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORP (NYSE:FTR). 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
     YHOO       $-0.760      -4.68%       44,822,096      50.69%       42,985,954      48.61%       1,836,142       Abnormal
     MAS        $-1.620      -12.24%      7,933,493       35.28%       5,888,124       26.18%       2,045,369       Abnormal
     MSFT       $-0.490      -1.61%       31,093,936      51.09%       26,134,977      42.94%       4,958,959       Abnormal
     NWSA       $-0.280      -1.44%       11,569,714      56.58%       8,501,076       41.57%       3,068,638       Abnormal
     DCT        $-0.060      -1.04%       3,717,718       53.96%       1,224,038       17.77%       2,493,680       Abnormal
     FTR        $-0.080      -1.93%       17,543,044      53.51%       15,219,019      46.42%       2,324,025       Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows YHOO with 1,836,142 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.76000. 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.

YAHOO! INC (NASDAQ:YHOO) - Yahoo! Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries, operates as a digital media company that delivers personalized digital content and experiences, across devices and worldwide. The companys communications and communities offerings provide a range of communication and social services to users and small businesses across various devices and through its broadband Internet access partners. Its search and marketplaces offerings provide answers to users' information needs by delivering meaningful search, local, and listings experiences on the search results page and across Yahoo!. Yahoo!s marketplaces offerings and services enable users to research specific topics, products, services or areas of interest by reviewing and exchanging information, obtaining contact details or considering offers from providers of goods, services, or parties with similar interests. Its media properties and services engage users with relevant online content and services on the Web. The company also offers advertisers targeted solutions, insights about their customer base, and tools that leverage those insights for optimized program performance; marketing services to advertisers across a majority of Yahoo! Properties and Affiliate sites; display advertising, search advertising, listing-based services, and commerce-based transactions; and customized and relevant advertising. In addition, it provides software and platform offerings for third-party developers, advertisers, and publishers. Further, the company offers the display of graphical advertisements, text-based links to advertisers Web sites, and other sources. Additionally, it enables users to publish their content on any topic and distributes that content through its Web site and content partners. The company has strategic alliance with Samsung and Nokia. Yahoo! Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

MASCO CORP (NYSE:MAS) - Masco Corporation manufactures, distributes, and installs home improvement and building products in North America and Europe. It operates in five segments: Cabinets and Related Products, Plumbing Products, Installation and Other Services, Decorative Architectural Products, and Other Specialty Products. The Cabinets and Related Products segment engages in the manufacture and sale of semi-custom, assembled, and ready-to-assemble cabinetry for kitchen, bath, storage, home office, and home entertainment applications. The Plumbing Products segment offers faucet and showering devices, including single- and double-handle faucets, showerheads, handheld showers, and valves; acrylic and gel coated bath and shower enclosure units, shower trays, and laundry tubs; and brass and copper plumbing system components, and other plumbing specialties. The Installation and Other Services segment sells installed building products, such as gutters, after-paint products, framing components, fireplaces, garage doors, and cabinets; and distributes building products, including insulation, insulation accessories, gutters, roofing, and fireplaces. The Decorative Architectural Products segment manufactures architectural coatings, such as paints, primers, specialty paint products, stains, varnishes, and waterproofing products, as well as cabinet, door, window, and other hardware products. The Other Specialty Products segment offers vinyl, fiberglass, and aluminum windows and patio doors; and manual and electric staple gun tackers, staples, and other fastening tools. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Taylor, Michigan.

MICROSOFT CORPORATION (NASDAQ:MSFT) - Microsoft Corporation develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a range of software products and services for various computing devices worldwide. The companys Windows & Windows Live Division segment offers Windows operating system, Windows Live, and Internet Explorer. It offers Windows operating system, which include Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP Home, as well as Windows Live suite of applications and Web services. Microsofts Server and Tools segment provides Windows Server operating systems, Windows Azure, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Azure, Visual Studio, Silverlight, System Center products, Biz Talk server, Microsoft consulting services, and product support services. This segment also provides enterprise consulting and product support services; and training and certification to developers and information technology professionals, as well as builds standalone and software development lifecycle tools for software architects, developers, testers, and project managers. The companys Online Services Division segment offers online information products, such as Bing, MSN portals, and channels; and an online advertising platform for publishers and advertisers. Microsofts Microsoft Business Division segment offers Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM, as well as Microsoft Office Web Apps. The companys Entertainment and Devices Division segment develops, produces, and markets the Xbox 360 platform; PC software games; online games and services; Mediaroom, an Internet protocol television software; Windows Phone and Windows Embedded device platforms; the Zune digital music and entertainment platform; and application software for Apples Macintosh computers, Microsoft PC hardware products, and other devices. This segment also involves in retail and marketing of packaged versions of the Microsoft Office system and the Windows operating systems. Microsoft was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA) - News Corporation operates as a diversified media company worldwide. Its Cable Network Programming segment engages in producing and licensing programming distributed through cable television systems and direct broadcast satellite operators primarily in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. The companys Filmed Entertainment segment produces and acquires live-action and animated motion pictures for distribution and licensing in various formats in entertainment media, as well as produces and licenses television programming worldwide. Its Television segment broadcasts network programming and operates 27 broadcast television stations in the United States. The companys Direct Broadcast Satellite Television segment distributes programming services via satellite and broadband directly to subscribers in Italy. Its Publishing segment involves in the publication of 4 national newspapers in the United Kingdom; approximately 146 newspapers in Australia; and a metropolitan newspaper and a national newspaper in the United States, as well as in the provision of information services. This segment also publishes English language books worldwide; and publishes free-standing inserts and offers in-store marketing products and services in the United States and Canada. The companys Other segment provides display advertising in outdoor locations, primarily in the Russian Federation and eastern Europe. News Corporation was founded in 1922 and is based in New York, New York.

DCT INDUSTRIAL TRUST INC (NYSE:DCT) - DCT Industrial Trust Inc. operates as a publicly owned real estate investment trust. The firm provides its services to companies. Through its fund, it engages in the ownership, operation, and development of real estate properties. The firm specializes in the ownership, acquisition, development, and management of institutional capital management program. It invests in the real estate markets of United States and Mexico. The firm is also invests in selected international markets. It primarily invests in commercial real estate properties, including generic distribution warehouses and light industrial properties. The firm was formerly known as Dividend Capital Trust Inc. DCT Industrial Trust was founded in 2002 and is based in Denver, Colorado with additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia and Dallas, Texas.

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORP (NYSE:FTR) - Frontier Communications Corporation, a communications company, provides regulated and unregulated voice, data, and video services to residential, business, and wholesale customers in the United States. It offers local and long distance voice services, including basic telephone wireline services to residential and business customers; switched access services that allow other carriers to use the facilities to originate and terminate their long distance voice and data traffic; and directory services that provide white and yellow page directories for residential and business listings. The company also provides data and Internet services, which include residential services comprising high-speed Internet, dial up Internet, portal and e-mail products, and hard drive back-up services; and commercial and carriers services, such as metro Ethernet; dedicated Internet; Internet protocol, optical, multiprotocol label switching, and TDM data transport services. In addition, it offers direct broadcast satellite services and fiber optic video services, as well as provides online access to video content, entertainment, and news available on the worldwide Web through its Web site myfitv.com. The company was formerly known as Citizens Communications Company and changed its name to Frontier Communications Corporation in July 2008. Frontier Communications Corporation was founded in 1927 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

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