Market Maker Surveillance Report. SIRI, S, INTC, YHOO, BPAX, FNMA, Highest Net Sell Volume and Negative Price Friction For Tue
February 21, 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 3893 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3054 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3238 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the highest net sell volume on Tuesday and lowest negative price Friction (bearish). This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices dropped faster with less Friction. Sirius XM Radio Inc (NASDAQ:SIRI), SPRINT NEXTEL CORP (NYSE:S), INTEL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:INTC), YAHOO! INC (NASDAQ:YHOO), BIOSANTE PHARMACEUTICALS INC (NASDAQ:BPAX), FANNIE MAE (OTC:FNMA). 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 SIRI $-0.020 -1.17% 16,486,221 41.80% 22,938,751 58.16% -6,452,530 -3,226,265 S $-0.030 -1.30% 6,864,859 36.71% 9,067,786 48.48% -2,202,927 -734,309 INTC $-0.180 -0.65% 16,044,067 43.24% 20,963,556 56.50% -4,919,489 -273,305 YHOO $-0.220 -1.47% 12,922,194 40.81% 18,141,339 57.29% -5,219,145 -237,234 BPAX $-0.070 -9.37% 3,571,217 37.35% 5,990,661 62.65% -2,419,444 -345,635 FNMA $-0.073 -19.19% 8,909,402 38.07% 14,485,689 61.90% -5,576,287 -764,923Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above have low price friction combined with more selling than buying (negative Net Volume) 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 SIRI down $-0.02000 with a Friction Factor of -3,226,265 and a Net Volume of -6,452,530. That means that it takes 3,226,265 more shares of selling than buying to drop SIRI by one penny. On Monday the Market Makers allowed the stock to move down on heavier selling than buying (low negative friction).
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.
SPRINT NEXTEL CORP (NYSE:S) - Sprint Nextel Corporation, through its subsidiaries, offers wireless and wireline communications products and services to individual consumers, businesses, government subscribers, and resellers in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The companys Wireless segment provides data transmission services, including mobile productivity applications, such as Internet access, messaging, and email services; wireless photo and video offerings; location-based capabilities comprising asset and fleet management, dispatch services, and navigation tools; and mobile entertainment applications; and local and long distance wireless voice services, voicemail, call waiting, three-way calling, caller identification, directory assistance, and call forwarding services. This segment also provides customized design, development, implementation, and support services for wireless services provided to large companies and government agencies, as well as sells accessories, such as carrying cases, hands-free devices, batteries, battery chargers, and other devices and accessories to subscribers, agents, and other third-party distributors for resale. The companys Wireline segment offers voice and data communications, including domestic and international data communications using various protocols, such as multiprotocol label switching technologies, IP, managed network services, voice over Internet protocol, session initiated protocol, and traditional voice services, as well as offers wholesale voice local and long distance services. This segment markets and sells its services primarily through direct sales representatives. The company offers its wireless and wireline voice and data transmission services under the Sprint, Nextel, Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Assurance Wireless, and Common Cents. Sprint Nextel Corporation was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.
INTEL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:INTC) - Intel Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of integrated circuits for computing and communications industries worldwide. It offers microprocessor products used in notebooks, netbooks, desktops, servers, workstations, storage products, embedded applications, communications products, consumer electronics devices, and handhelds. The company also provides system on chip products that integrate its core processing functionalities with other system components, such as graphics, audio, and video, onto a single chip. In addition, it offers chipset products that send data between the microprocessor and input, display, and storage devices, including keyboard, mouse, monitor, hard drive, and CD, DVD, or Blu-ray drives; motherboards designed for desktop, server, and workstation platforms, and that has connectors for attaching devices to the bus; and wired and wireless connectivity products consisting of network adapters and embedded wireless cards used to translate and transmit data across networks. Further, the company provides NAND flash memory products primarily used in portable memory storage devices, digital camera memory cards, and solid-state drives; software products comprising operating systems, middleware, and tools used to develop, run, and manage various enterprise, consumer, embedded, and handheld devices; and software development tools that enable the creation of applications. Additionally, it develops computing platforms, which are integrated hardware and software computing technologies designed to offer an optimized solution. The company sells its products principally to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, PC components and other products users, and other manufacturers of industrial and communications equipment. It has a strategic alliance with Scientific Conservation Inc. Intel Corporation was founded in 1968 and is based in Santa Clara, California.
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.
BIOSANTE PHARMACEUTICALS INC (NASDAQ:BPAX) - BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, develops products for female sexual health and oncology. Its lead products include LibiGel (transdermal testosterone gel) for the treatment of female sexual dysfunction (FSD), which is in Phase III clinical development under a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) special protocol assessment; and Elestrin (estradiol gel) for the treatment of moderate-to-severe vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause, which is marketed in the U.S. by Azur Pharma, BioSantes licensee. The company is also developing a portfolio of cancer vaccines, three of which have been granted orphan drug designation, and are currently in various Phase II clinical trials. Its other products in development comprise Bio-T-Gel, a testosterone gel for male hypogonadism, or testosterone deficiency in men, which is licensed to Teva Pharmaceuticals; and The Pill-Plus that is a combination of estrogens, progestogens, and androgens for the treatment of female sexual dysfunction in women using oral or transdermal contraceptives, in Phase II clinical development using BioSante patented technology. In addition, the company is developing its calcium phosphate technology for aesthetic medicine, as well as seeking opportunities for its 2A/Furin and other technologies. BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Lincolnshire, Illinois.
FANNIE MAE (OTC:FNMA) - Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), a government-sponsored enterprise, provides liquidity and stability support in the secondary mortgage market in the United States. It securitizes mortgage loans originated by lenders in the primary mortgage market into mortgage-backed securities, which are bought and sold in the secondary mortgage market. The company operates in three segments: Single-Family Credit Guaranty, Housing and Community Development, and Capital Markets. The Single-Family Credit Guaranty segment securitizes single-family mortgage loans into Fannie Mae mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and facilitates the purchase of single-family mortgage loans for the companys mortgage portfolio. The Housing and Community Development segment securitizes multifamily mortgage loans into Fannie Mae MBS and facilitates the purchase of multifamily mortgage loans for the companys mortgage portfolio. This segment also invests in rental and for-sale housing projects. The Capital Markets segment manages the companys investment activity in mortgage loans, mortgage-related securities, debt financing activity, and liquidity and capital positions. The companys customers include mortgage banking companies, savings and loan associations, savings banks, commercial banks, credit unions, community banks, insurance companies, and state and local housing finance agencies. Federal National Mortgage Association was founded in 1938 and is based in Washington, the District of Columbia.
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