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Market Maker Surveillance Report. GILD, TXN, AAPL, NVS, XRX, QQQ, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Friday, February 17th 20


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February 17, 2012 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Friday. 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 Friday there were 3915 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3239 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2539 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. GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. (NASDAQ:GILD), TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC (NYSE:TXN), APPLE INC (NASDAQ:AAPL), Novus Energy Inc (NYSE:NVS), XEROX CORP (NYSE:XRX), (NASDAQ:QQQ). 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
     GILD       $-7.850      -14.32%      30,826,124      49.44%       29,414,313      47.17%       1,411,811       Abnormal
     TXN        $-0.190      -0.57%       4,223,424       55.22%       3,013,338       39.40%       1,210,086       Abnormal
     AAPL       $-0.010      0.00%        11,074,480      59.07%       8,816,634       47.03%       2,257,846       Abnormal
     NVS        $-0.020      -0.04%       3,351,871       50.02%       824,225         12.30%       2,527,646       Abnormal
     XRX        $-0.040      -0.50%       4,481,700       28.60%       2,604,356       16.62%       1,877,344       Abnormal
     QQQ        $-0.220      -0.35%       25,148,666      39.38%       22,397,985      35.07%       2,750,681       Abnormal
Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above had more buying than selling on Friday and their stock prices dropped. 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 GILD with 1,411,811 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-7.85000. 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.

GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. (NASDAQ:GILD) - Gilead Sciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutics for the treatment of life threatening diseases worldwide. Its products include Atripla, Truvada, Viread, Emtriva for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus infection in adults; Hepsera, an oral formulation for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B; AmBisome, a amphotericin B liposome injection to treat invasive fungal infections; Letairis, an endothelin receptor antagonist for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension; Ranexa for the treatment of chronic angina; Vistide, an antiviral medication for the treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis in patients with AIDS; and Cayston, an inhaled antibiotic used as a treatment to enhance respiratory systems. The companys products also comprise Tamiflu, an oral antiviral for the treatment and prevention of influenza A and B; Macugen, an intravitreal injection for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration; and Lexiscan/Rapiscan, an injection used as a pharmacologic stress agent in radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging. Its products under the Phase III clinical trials consist of Cobicistat, a pharmacoenhancer that is under evaluation as a boosting agent for HIV medicines; Elvitegravir, an oral integrase inhibitor being evaluated as part of combination therapy for HIV; Integrase Single-Tablet, a Quad regimen of elvitegravir, cobicistat, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, and emtricitabine for the treatment of HIV/AIDS in treatment-naive patients; and Aztreonam for inhalation solution for the treatment of cystic fibrosis patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The companys Phase II clinical trials products comprise Cicletanine, Ranolazine, and Aztreonam, as well as GS 9190, GS 9256, and GS 9451. Its Phase I clinical trial products include GS 7340, GS 5885, GS 6620, GS 9620, and GS 6624. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Foster City, California.

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC (NYSE:TXN) - Texas Instruments Incorporated engages in the design and sale of semiconductors to electronics designers and manufacturers worldwide. The companys Analog segment offers high-performance analog products comprising standard analog semiconductors, such as amplifiers, data converters, and interface semiconductors; high-volume analog and logic products; and power management semiconductors and line-powered systems. Its Embedded Processing segment includes DSPs that perform mathematical computations to process and enhance digital data; and microcontrollers, which are designed to control a set of specific tasks for electronic equipment. The companys Wireless segment designs, manufactures, and sells application processors and connectivity products. Its Other segment offers smaller semiconductor products, which include DLP products that are primarily used in projectors to create high-definition images; and application-specific integrated circuits. This segment also provides handheld graphing and scientific calculators, as well as licenses technologies to other electronic companies. The company serves the communications, computing, industrial, consumer electronics, automotive, and education sectors. Texas Instruments Incorporated sells its products through a direct sales force, distributors, and third-party sales representatives. It has collaboration agreements with PLX Technology Inc.; Neonode, Inc.; and Ubiquisys Ltd. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

APPLE INC (NASDAQ:AAPL) - Apple Inc., together with subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers, mobile communication and media devices, and portable digital music players, as well as sells related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications worldwide. The company sells its products worldwide through its online stores, retail stores, direct sales force, third-party wholesalers, resellers, and value-added resellers. In addition, it sells third-party Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod compatible products, including application software, printers, storage devices, speakers, headphones, and other accessories and peripherals through its online and retail stores; and digital content and applications through the iTunes Store. The company sells its products to consumer, small and mid-sized business, education, enterprise, government, and creative markets. As of September 25, 2010, it had 317 retail stores, including 233 stores in the United States and 84 stores internationally. The company, formerly known as Apple Computer, Inc., was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

Novus Energy Inc (NYSE:NVS) - Novartis AG, through its subsidiaries, engages in the research, development, manufacture, and marketing of healthcare products worldwide. Its Pharmaceuticals division offers prescription medicines in various therapeutic areas, including cardiovascular and metabolism; oncology; neuroscience and ophthalmics; respiratory; integrated hospital care; and other additional products. The companys Vaccines and Diagnostics division provides preventive vaccines and diagnostic tools. This division sells influenza, meningococcal, pediatric, and traveler vaccines; and blood testing and molecular diagnostics to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Its Sandoz division provides prescription medicines, as well as pharmaceutical and biotechnological active substances. This division offers active ingredients and finished dosage forms of medicines; active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates, primarily antibiotics; protein or biotechnology-based products; and cytotoxic products, as well as provides biotech manufacturing services to other companies. The companys Consumer Health division consists of three business units: over-the-counter medicines (OTC), Animal Health, and CIBA Vision. OTC unit offers readily available consumer medicines. Animal Health unit provides veterinary products for farm and companion animals. CIBA Vision unit manufactures contact lenses and lens care products. It has strategic partnership with Lonza, a Swiss pharmaceuticals manufacturing company. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

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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