Market Maker Surveillance Report. RAD, VZ, YHOO, MSFT, RDSH, ETFC, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Friday, April 20th 2012
April 20, 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 3615 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3565 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2234 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. RITE AID CORP (NYSE:RAD), VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC (NYSE:VZ), YAHOO! INC (NASDAQ:YHOO), MICROSOFT CORPORATION (NASDAQ:MSFT), ROADSHIPS HOLDINGS INC (OTCBB:RDSH), E*TRADE FINANCIAL CORP (NASDAQ:ETFC). 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 RAD $0.040 2.61% 11,018,327 15.01% 49,151,102 66.96% -38,132,775 Abnormal VZ $0.630 1.66% 4,560,105 23.71% 6,182,633 32.15% -1,622,528 Abnormal YHOO $0.190 1.23% 11,064,077 45.39% 13,098,570 53.74% -2,034,493 Abnormal MSFT $1.410 4.55% 45,806,611 43.84% 51,056,368 48.86% -5,249,757 Abnormal RDSH $0.012 50.00% 4,401,982 25.01% 7,599,506 43.17% -3,197,524 Abnormal ETFC $0.590 5.92% 6,579,552 37.33% 10,947,187 62.11% -4,367,635 AbnormalAnalysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above had more selling than buying on Friday and their stock prices rose. 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 RAD with 38,132,775 greater shares of selling than buying (NetVol) and the stock price was up $0.04000. 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.
RITE AID CORP (NYSE:RAD) - Rite Aid Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates retail drugstores in the United States. The companys drugstores primarily offer pharmacy services. It provides prescription drugs and front end products, which include over-the-counter medications, health and beauty aids, personal care items, cosmetics, household items, beverages, convenience foods, greeting cards, seasonal merchandise, and various other everyday and convenience products, as well as photo processing products. The company sells its products under the Rite Aid brand. It offers its products to customers covered by third party payors, such as insurance companies, prescription benefit management companies, government agencies, private employers or other managed care providers. As of February 27, 2010, the company operated 4,780 retail drugstores in 31 states, as well as in the District of Columbia. It has a strategic alliance with GNC to operate GNC stores within Rite Aid stores. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC (NYSE:VZ) - Verizon Communications Inc. provides communication services. The company operates through two segments, Domestic Wireless and Wireline. The Domestic Wireless segment offers wireless voice and data services; and sells equipment in the United States. The Wireline segment provides voice, Internet access, broadband video and data, Internet protocol network, network access, long distance, and other services in the United States and internationally. The company serves consumer, business, and government customers, as well as carriers. As of December 31, 2010, its network covered a population of approximately 292 million and provided service to a customer base of approximately 94.1 million. The company was formerly known as Bell Atlantic Corporation and changed its name to Verizon Communications Inc. in June 2000. Verizon Communications Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in New York, New York.
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.
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.
ROADSHIPS HOLDINGS INC (OTCBB:RDSH) - Roadships Holdings, Inc., a development stage company, engages in building short sea ships in North America and Australia. The company also provides short sea shipping services, as well as acquirers, owns, and operates ground freight transportation companies. It owns a Ro/Ro vessel for use in the U.S. coastal transport trade, as well as focuses on building two U.S. built Jones Act Ro/Ro vessels. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
E*TRADE FINANCIAL CORP (NASDAQ:ETFC) - E*TRADE Financial Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides online brokerage and related products and services primarily to individual retail investors under the E*TRADE Financial brand name worldwide. It provides various brokerage products and services, including automated order placement and execution of the U.S. equities, futures, options, exchange-traded funds, and bond orders; access to E*TRADE Mobile Pro, which allows customers to trade stocks and transfer funds between accounts, as well as to monitor real-time investment, market, and account information; access to Power E*TRADE Pro, a desktop trading software for active traders; margin accounts allowing customers to borrow against their securities; access to international equities; and sweep deposit accounts that automatically transfer funds to and from customer brokerage accounts, as well as employee stock option management software and services for corporate customers. The company also offers access to the investor resource center, which provides an aggregated view of its investing tools, market insights, independent research, education, and other investing resources; advisory services, such as investment guidance; and fixed income tools to help customers identify, evaluate, and implement fixed income investment strategies. In addition, it provides access to Retirement QuickPlan, a retirement planning tool that provides an assessment of an individuals or a familys retirement savings and investing plan, as well as tips to help get on track with personal retirement goals; individual retirement accounts; access to non-proprietary exchange-traded funds and mutual funds; investing and trading educational services via online videos, Web seminars, and Web tutorials; and deposit accounts, including checking, savings, and money market accounts. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in New York, New York.
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