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Market Maker Surveillance Report. PFE, GE, ORI, CINF, TRCR, DCT, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Wednesday, March 7th 2012

^{Published on 2012-03-07 18:01:12 - WOPRAI}
 

March 7, 2012 / 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 3634 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3963 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1911 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with Abnormal Price Friction (bullish bias) in their stock prices. This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices rose. PFIZER INC (NYSE:PFE), GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (NYSE:GE), Old Republic International Corp (NYSE:ORI), Cincinnati Financial Corp (NASDAQ:CINF), TRANSCEND SERVICES, INC. (NASDAQ:TRCR), DCT INDUSTRIAL TRUST INC (NYSE:DCT). 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
  PFE     $0.110    0.49%     8,602,470    26.60%    12,351,560   38.19%    -3,749,090   Abnormal
  GE      $0.370    2.01%     15,319,204   28.57%    18,328,093   34.18%    -3,008,889   Abnormal
  ORI     $0.010    0.09%     1,594,181    18.95%    5,565,173    66.14%    -3,970,992   Abnormal
  CINF    $0.080    0.23%     1,065,166    18.21%    4,758,227    81.34%    -3,693,061   Abnormal
  TRCR    $8.230    39.25%    5,182,015    35.86%    9,274,122    64.19%    -4,092,107   Abnormal
  DCT     $0.010    0.18%     1,062,432    14.48%    4,846,780    66.07%    -3,784,348   Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows PFE with 3,749,090 greater shares of selling than buying (NetVol) and the stock price was up $0.11000. This means the Market Makers were trading the stock in a way inconsistent with normal supply and demand (Economics 101); more selling than buying should cause prices to drop.

PFIZER INC (NYSE:PFE) - Pfizer Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, offers prescription medicines for humans and animals worldwide. The company's Biopharmaceutical segments provides Lipitor for elevated LDL-cholesterol levels in the blood; Enbrel for rheumatoid arthritis, polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, plaque psoriasis, and ankylosing spondylitis; Lyrica for post-herpetic neuralgia, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, fibromyalgia, neuropathic pain, adjunctive treatment of epilepsy, and general anxiety disorder, as well as for use as an adjunctive therapy for adult patients with partial onset seizures; Prevnar/Prevenar for invasive pneumococcal disease; Celebrex for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, and acute pain; Viagra for erectile dysfunction; Xalabrands for reducing elevated eye pressure; Effexor XR for depressive, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, and panic disorders; and Norvasc for hypertension. It also offers Zyvox for gram-positive pathogens; Premarin for menopausal symptoms; Sutent for renal cell carcinoma; Geodon/Zeldox for schizophrenia; Detrol/Detrol LA for overactive bladder; Zosyn/Tazocin, an intravenous antibiotic; Genotropin for growth hormone deficiency; Vfend, an antifungal agent; and Protonix for gastroesophageal reflux disease; Chantix/Champix for aid smoking cessation; BeneFIX, ReFacto AF, and Xyntha for lifelong bleeding disorder; Caduet for cardiovascular events; Revatio for pulmonary arterial hypertension; Pristiq for depressive disorder; Aricept for Alzheimers disease; and Spiriva for breathing problems. The companys Diversified segment offers animal health products, such as vaccines, anti-infectives, anti-inflammatories, antiemetics, and parasiticides; consumer healthcare products, such as dietary supplements, pain management, respiratory, and personal care; nutrition products; and gelatin, liquid, softgel, non-animal, and fish gelatin capsules. Pfizer Inc. was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (NYSE:GE) - General Electric Company (GE) operates as a technology, media, and financial services company worldwide. Its Energy Infrastructure segment produces gas, steam, and aero derivative turbines; generators; combined cycle systems; and renewable energy solutions, as well as provides water treatment services and equipment. This segment also sells surface and subsea drilling and production systems, floating production platform equipment, compressors, turbines, turboexpanders, and high pressure reactors to oil and gas companies. The companys Technology Infrastructure segment manufactures jet engines, turboprop and turbo shaft engines, and its replacement parts for use in military and commercial aircraft, as well as provides repair and maintenance services. This segment also produces healthcare products, including diagnostic imaging systems; offers transportation products and maintenance services; provides enterprise solutions using sensors for temperature, pressure, moisture, gas and flow rate, as well as non-destructive testing inspection equipment. GEs NBC Universal segment engages in the production and distribution of films and television programs; operation of television stations and cable/satellite television networks, as well as theme parks. The companys Capital Finance segment offers commercial lending and leasing products to manufacturers, distributors, and end-users of equipment and capital assets; consumer financial services to consumers and retailers; capital and investment solutions for real estate; commercial finance to the energy and water industries; and commercial aircraft leasing and finance, and fleet and financing solutions. Its Consumer & Industrial segment produces various home appliances, lighting products, and electrical equipment and control products, as well as provides related services. The company has a joint venture with Shenhua International Limited. The company was founded in 1892 and is based in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Old Republic International Corp (NYSE:ORI) - Old Republic International Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in insurance underwriting business. It operates in three segments: General Insurance, Mortgage Guaranty, and Title Insurance. The General Insurance segment provides liability insurance coverages to businesses, government, and other institutions in transportation, commercial construction, forest products, energy, general manufacturing, and financial services sectors in North America. It provides various policies, such as automobile extended warranty insurance, aviation, commercial automobile insurance, general liability, home warranty insurance, inland marine, travel accident, and workers compensation, as well as liability coverage for claims arising from the acts of owners or employees, and protection for the physical assets of businesses. This segment also offers financial indemnity coverages, such as consumer credit indemnity, errors and omissions/directors and officers, guaranteed asset protection, and surety, as well as bonds that cover the exposures of financial institutions, and commercial and other enterprises for losses of monies, or debt and equity securities due to acts of employee dishonesty. The Mortgage Guaranty segment insures first mortgage loans, primarily on residential properties incorporating one-to-four family dwelling units to mortgage bankers, brokers, commercial banks, and savings institutions. The Title Insurance segment provides lenders' and owners' title insurance policies to real estate purchasers and investors based upon searches of the public records. It also provides escrow closing and construction disbursement services; and real estate information products, national default management services, and services related to real estate transfers and loan transactions. The company markets its products primarily through insurance agents and brokers, as well as by direct sales. Old Republic International Corporation was founded in 1887 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Cincinnati Financial Corp (NASDAQ:CINF) - Cincinnati Financial Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates in the property casualty insurance business in the United States. It operates in four segments: Commercial Lines Property Casualty Insurance, Personal Lines Property Casualty Insurance, Life Insurance, and Investment. The Commercial Lines Property Casualty Insurance segment provides coverage for commercial casualty, commercial property, commercial auto, and workers compensation. It also offers specialty packages, including coverages for property, liability, and business interruption for specific industry classes, such as artisan contractors, dentists, garage operators, financial institutions, metalworkers, printers, religious institutions, or street businesses. In addition, this segment provides contract and commercial surety bonds, fidelity bonds, and director and officer liability insurance, as well as machinery and equipment coverage. The Personal Lines Property Casualty Insurance segment offers coverage for personal auto and homeowners, as well as insurance products, such as dwelling fire, inland marine, personal umbrella liability, and watercraft coverages to individuals. The Life Insurance segment provides term insurance; universal life insurance; whole life insurance; and worksite products, which include term, whole life, universal life, and disability insurance offered to employees through their employer. This segment also markets disability income insurance, deferred annuities, and immediate annuities. The Investment segment invests in fixed maturity investments, equity investments, and short-term investment products. The company markets its insurance products through independent insurance agencies. It also provides insurance brokerage services; commercial leasing and financing services; and surplus lines insurance products. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Fairfield, Ohio.

TRANSCEND SERVICES, INC. (NASDAQ:TRCR) - Transcend Services, Inc. provides medical transcription services to the healthcare industry in the United States. It converts physicians voice recordings into electronic medical record documents using its proprietary BeyondTXT workflow platform that provides workflow management and production control. The company utilizes a combination of its proprietary Internet-based voice and data distribution technology, customer based technology, and home-based medical language specialists to convert physicians voice recordings into electronic documents. It also offers its medical transcription services directly on the customers platforms. The company serves hospitals and clinics. Transcend Services was founded in 1976 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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.

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