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Market Maker Surveillance Report. BP, BPOP, FST, HRB, IDTI, HOLX, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Tuesday, May 1st 2012

^{Published on 2012-05-01 18:01:38 - WOPRAI}
 

May 1, 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 3839 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2964 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2820 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. BP PLC-SPONS ADR (NYSE:BP), POPULAR INC (NASDAQ:BPOP), FOREST OIL CORP (NYSE:FST), H&R BLOCK INC (NYSE:HRB), Integrated Device Technology Inc (NASDAQ:IDTI), HOLOGIC, INC. (NASDAQ:HOLX). 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
  BP      $-0.660   -1.52%    4,486,963    46.40%    2,657,704    27.48%    1,829,259    Abnormal
  BPOP    $-0.010   -0.56%    3,972,687    55.52%    3,168,691    44.28%    803,996      Abnormal
  FST     $-1.390   -10.44%   4,623,294    39.31%    3,050,106    25.93%    1,573,188    Abnormal
  HRB     $-0.040   -0.27%    2,560,819    38.69%    1,418,939    21.44%    1,141,880    Abnormal
  IDTI    $-0.680   -10.04%   6,907,084    58.44%    4,908,815    41.53%    1,998,269    Abnormal
  HOLX    $-0.280   -1.47%    6,151,316    57.06%    4,622,343    42.88%    1,528,973    Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows BP with 1,829,259 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.66000. 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.

BP PLC-SPONS ADR (NYSE:BP) - BP p.l.c. provides fuel for transportation, energy for heat and light, retail services, and petrochemicals products. Its Exploration and Production segment engages in the oil and natural gas exploration, field development, and production; midstream transportation, and storage and processing; and marketing and trading of natural gas, including liquefied natural gas (LNG), and power and natural gas liquids (NGL). This segment has exploration and production activities in Angola, Azerbaijan, Canada, Egypt, Norway, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as in Asia, Australasia, South America, North Africa, and the Middle East. This segment also owns and manages crude oil and natural gas pipelines; processing facilities and export terminals; and LNG processing and transportation, as well as NGL extraction facilities. BP p.l.c. has interests in the Trans-Alaska pipeline system, the Forties pipeline system, the Central Area transmission system pipeline, the South Caucasus Pipeline, and Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, as well as in LNG plants located in Trinidad, Indonesia, and Australia. The companys Refining and Marketing segment involves in the supply and trading, refining, manufacturing, marketing, and transportation of crude oil, petroleum, and petrochemicals products and related services to wholesale and retail customers primarily under the BP, Castrol, ARCO, and Aral brands. Its Other Businesses and Corporate segment produces and markets rolled aluminum products, as well as generates energy through wind, solar, biofuels, hydrogen, and carbon capture and storage sources; and engages in shipping activities. The company was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

POPULAR INC (NASDAQ:BPOP) - Popular, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides a range of retail and commercial banking products and services in Puerto Rico, the United States, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Costa Rica. It also provides vehicle financing, leasing, and daily rental services; mortgage loans; and insurance agency and brokerage, and reinsurance services, as well as offers financial advisory, investment, and security brokerage services for institutional and retail customers. As of December 31, 2008, the company operated 173 branches and approximately 580 automated teller machines in Puerto Rico, 7 branches in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1 branch in the British Virgin Islands, and 1 branch in New York. In addition, it provides financial transaction processing and information technology solutions and services in the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Further, the company develops financial processing software applications; sells hardware products, such as ATM, POS, and communication products; and provides ATM switching and driving services. Popular was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

FOREST OIL CORP (NYSE:FST) - Forest Oil Corporation engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural liquids primarily in North America. It primarily holds interest in the Greater Buffalo Wallow area in the Texas Panhandle and Western Oklahoma; the East Texas/North Louisiana area; and the Canadian Deep Basin area in Alberta and British Columbia. As of December 31, 2009, the company had total proved reserves of approximately 2,121 billion cubic feet of gas equivalent. Forest Oil Corporation was founded in 1916 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

H&R BLOCK INC (NYSE:HRB) - H&R Block, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides tax preparation, retail banking, and various business advisory and consulting services. It operates in three segments: Tax Services, Business Services, and Corporate. The Tax Services segment offers H&R Block At Home, an income tax preparation software, as well as a range of online tax services, including tax advice, professional and do-it-yourself tax return preparation, and electronic filing services through its Web site at hrblock.com primarily in the United States, Canada, and Australia. This segment also provides the H&R Block Prepaid Emerald MasterCard and Emerald Advance lines of credit through H&R Block Bank, as well as other retail banking services, including checking and savings accounts, individual retirement accounts, and certificates of deposit; and sells refund anticipation loans and refund anticipation checks offered by third-party lending institutions, as well as offers income tax return preparation courses to the public. The Business Services segment provides tax and consulting services, wealth management, and capital markets services to middle-market companies. The Corporate segment engages in various operations, which include interest income from the United States passive investments, interest expense on borrowings, net interest margin and gains or losses relating to mortgage loans held for investment, real estate owned, residual interests in securitizations and other corporate expenses principally related to finance, legal, and other support departments. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.

Integrated Device Technology Inc (NASDAQ:IDTI) - Integrated Device Technology, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets a range of integrated circuits for communications, computing, and consumer industries worldwide. It operates in two segments, Communications, and Computing and Consumer. The Communications segment offers communication clocks, digital logic products, FIFO memories, serial RapidIO solutions for wireless base station infrastructure applications, static random access memory products, and telecommunications semiconductor products. This segment markets its products to the enterprise, data center, and wireless markets. The Computing and Consumer segment provides timing products, PCI Express switching and bridging solutions, high-performance server memory interfaces, multi-port products, touch controllers, signal integrity products, and PC audio and video products. This segments computing products are designed for desktop, notebook, sub-notebook, storage, and server applications; and consumer products are optimized primarily for gaming consoles, set-top boxes, digital TV, and smart phones. The company markets its products primarily to original equipment manufacturers through various channels, including a direct sales force, distributors, electronic manufacturing suppliers, and independent sales representatives. Integrated Device Technology, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

HOLOGIC, INC. (NASDAQ:HOLX) - Hologic, Inc. develops, manufactures, and distributes medical imaging systems, and diagnostic and surgical products for serving the healthcare needs of women. The company operates in four segments: Breast Health, Diagnostics, GYN Surgical, and Skeletal Health. The Breast Health segment offers breast imaging products, such as selenia full field digital mammography system, breast tomosynthesis, screen-film mammography systems, securview workstation, cad systems, stereotactic breast biopsy systems, breast biopsy products, mammosite radiation therapy systems, mammopad breast cushions, and photoconductor coatings. This segment also develops a breast imaging platform, Dimensions, which utilizes a tomosynthesis technology to produce 3D images. The Diagnostics segment provides ThinPrep System, which is primarily used in cytology testing applications, such as cervical cancer screening; Rapid Fetal Fibronectin Test for pre-term birth risk assessment; and Human Papillomavirus Offering and InVitro Diagnostics for cervical cancer tests. The GYN Surgical segment offers NovaSure System, a minimally-invasive procedure that allows physicians to treat women suffering from excessive menstrual bleeding; and Adiana System, a form of permanent female contraception intended as an alternative to tubal ligation. The Skeletal Health segment provides QDR X-Ray Bone Densitometers that assess the bone density of fracture sites; Sahara Clinical Bone Sonometers, which assesses the bone density of heels; Mini C-Arm Imaging Systems that are used to perform minimally invasive surgical procedures on a patients extremities; and Extremity MRI for detecting rheumatoid arthritis and orthopedics. Hologic, Inc. sells its products through a combination of direct sales and service force, and a network of independent distributors and sales representatives primarily in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts.

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