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Market Maker Surveillance Report. CSTR, MO, JCI, VALE, CBS, ERT, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Friday, April 13th 2012

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April 13, 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 3553 companies with "abnormal" market making, 1727 companies with positive Friction Factors and 4217 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. COINSTAR, INC. (NASDAQ:CSTR), ALTRIA GROUP INC (NYSE:MO), Johnson Controls Inc (NYSE:JCI), Vale SA (NYSE:VALE), CBS CORP-CLASS B NON VOTING (NYSE:CBS), (NASDAQ:ERT). 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
  CSTR    $4.480    7.31%     3,765,879    46.70%    4,606,871    57.13%    -840,992     Abnormal
  MO      $0.200    0.64%     2,782,071    21.23%    6,680,411    50.98%    -3,898,340   Abnormal
  JCI     $0.740    2.32%     3,130,098    27.15%    4,037,112    35.01%    -907,014     Abnormal
  VALE    $0.100    0.42%     5,447,999    21.05%    6,792,698    26.25%    -1,344,699   Abnormal
  CBS     $0.330    1.03%     1,873,944    27.60%    2,603,856    38.35%    -729,912     Abnormal
  ERT     $0.010    0.13%     497,751      18.41%    2,180,971    80.67%    -1,683,220   Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows CSTR with 840,992 greater shares of selling than buying (NetVol) and the stock price was up $4.48000. 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.

COINSTAR, INC. (NASDAQ:CSTR) - Coinstar, Inc. provides automated retail solutions primarily in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Ireland. It owns and operates self-service coin-counting machines, which enable consumers convert their coins to cash, a gift card, or an e-certificate; and installs and operates DVD kiosks, which enable costumers to rent or purchase movies. The company also offers money transfer services. Coinstar offers its services at approximately 95,000 points of presence, including supermarkets, drug stores, mass merchants, financial institutions, convenience stores, restaurants, and money transfer agent locations. As of December 31, 2009, it owned and operated approximately 19,200 coin-counting machines and 22,400 DVD kiosks. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.

ALTRIA GROUP INC (NYSE:MO) - Altria Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes, wine, and other tobacco products in the United States and internationally. It primarily offers cigarettes under the Marlboro, Virginia Slims, and Parliament brands; smokeless tobacco products under the Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, and Husky brands, as well as Marlboro snus; and machine-made large cigars and pipe tobacco. The company also maintains a portfolio of leveraged and direct finance leases principally in transportation, including aircraft, as well as power generation and manufacturing equipment, and facilities. It serves wholesalers, including distributors; large retail organizations, such as chain stores; and the armed services. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

Johnson Controls Inc (NYSE:JCI) - Johnson Controls, Inc. engages in building efficiency, automotive experience, and power solutions businesses worldwide. Its building efficiency business designs, produces, markets, and installs integrated heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems, as well as building management systems, controls, and security and mechanical equipment. This business also provides technical services, energy management consulting, and operations of real estate portfolios for the non-residential buildings market. In addition, this business offers residential air conditioning and heating systems, and industrial refrigeration products. The companys automotive experience business designs and manufactures interior products and systems for passenger cars and light trucks, including vans, pick-up trucks, and sport/crossover utility vehicles. It offers seating systems and components; cockpit systems comprising instrument panels and clusters, information displays, and body controllers; overhead systems, such as headliners and electronic convenience features; floor consoles; and door systems. This business also produces automotive interior systems for original equipment manufacturers. Its power solutions business produces lead-acid automotive batteries serving automotive original equipment manufacturers and the general vehicle battery aftermarket. This business produces lead-acid batteries, as well as offers absorbent glass mat and lithium-ion battery technologies to power hybrid vehicles. The company was formerly known as Johnson Electric Service Company and changed its name to Johnson Controls, Inc. in 1974. Johnson Controls, Inc. was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Vale SA (NYSE:VALE) - Vale S.A., through its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified metals and mining company worldwide. The company produces iron ore and iron ore pellets, nickel, manganese ore, ferroalloys, kaolin, and pig iron. It also engages in producing bauxite, alumina, aluminum, copper, metallurgical and thermal coal, metallurgical coke and methanol, cobalt, potash, and other non-ferrous minerals, as well as precious metals, including platinum-group metals, gold, and silver. In addition, the company operates logistics systems in Brazil, including railroads, maritime terminals, and a port. Further, it engages in power generation through hydro and oil and gas resources; and steel production. The company was formerly known as Companhia Vale do Rio Doce. Vale S.A. was founded in 1942 and is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

CBS CORP-CLASS B NON VOTING (NYSE:CBS) - CBS Corporation operates as a mass media company in the United States and internationally. The company has operations in every field of media and entertainment, including broadcast television, such as CBS and The CW, a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment; cable televisions comprising Showtime Networks and CBS College Sports Network; local television, including CBS Television Stations; CBS Television Studios, CBS Studios International, and CBS Television Distribution for television production and syndication; CBS Radio; CBS Outdoor for advertising on out-of-home media; Simon & Schuster for publishing; CBS Interactive for interactive media; CBS Records for music; CBS Consumer Products for licensing and merchandising; CBS Home Entertainment for video/DVD; and CBS Films for motion pictures. Its Entertainment segment distributes schedule of news and public affairs broadcasts, sports, and entertainment programming; produces, acquires, and distributes programming; develops and produces theatrical motion pictures across all genres; and operates online content networks for information and entertainment. The companys Cable Networks segment owns and operates television program services that offer released theatrical feature films, original series, documentaries, boxing, mixed martial arts, other sports-related programming, and special events; and cable program service dedicated to college sports. Its Publishing segment engages in the publication and distribution of adult and children's consumer books in printed, audio, and digital formats. The companys Local Broadcasting segment owns 30 broadcast television stations; and owns and operates 130 radio stations in 29 U.S. markets. The Outdoor business sells advertising space on various media, including billboards, transit shelters, buses, rail systems, mall kiosks, stadium signage, and in retail stores. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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