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Market Maker Surveillance Report. C, DYN, MS, SLE, MSFT, SD, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Monday, June 11th 2012

^{Published on 2012-06-11 18:01:19 - WOPRAI}
 

June 11, 2012 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Monday. 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 Monday there were 3478 companies with "abnormal" market making, 1645 companies with positive Friction Factors and 4218 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. CITIGROUP INC (NYSE:C), DYNEGY INC (NYSE:DYN), MORGAN STANLEY (NYSE:MS), SARA LEE CORP (NYSE:SLE), MICROSOFT CORPORATION (NASDAQ:MSFT), SANDRIDGE ENERGY, INC. (NYSE:SD). 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
  C       $-1.300   -4.68%    17,705,292   31.30%    15,924,525   28.15%    1,780,767    Abnormal
  DYN     $-0.030   -4.62%    1,576,439    76.37%    343,232      16.63%    1,233,207    Abnormal
  MS      $-0.230   -1.66%    8,659,063    36.82%    6,096,209    25.92%    2,562,854    Abnormal
  SLE     $-0.360   -1.77%    6,634,805    35.52%    4,918,404    26.33%    1,716,401    Abnormal
  MSFT    $-0.540   -1.83%    24,079,648   52.72%    21,518,269   47.12%    2,561,379    Abnormal
  SD      $-0.270   -4.26%    3,719,170    41.07%    2,311,070    25.52%    1,408,100    Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows C with 1,780,767 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-1.30000. 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.

CITIGROUP INC (NYSE:C) - Citigroup, Inc., a global financial services company, provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a range of financial products and services. The company operates through two segments, Citicorp and Citi Holdings. The Citicorp segment operates as a global bank for businesses and consumers with two primary businesses, Regional Consumer Banking and Institutional Clients Group. The Regional Consumer Banking business provides traditional banking services, including retail banking, and branded cards in North America, Asia, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The Institutional Clients Group business provides securities and banking services comprising investment banking and advisory services, lending, debt and equity sales and trading, institutional brokerage, foreign exchange, structured products, cash instruments and related derivatives, and private banking; and transaction services consisting of treasury and trade solutions, and securities and fund services. The Citi Holdings segment operates Brokerage and Asset Management, Local Consumer Lending, and Special Asset Pool businesses. The Brokerage and Asset Management Business, through its 49% stake in Morgan Stanley Smith Barney joint venture and Nikko Cordial Securities, offers retail brokerage and asset management services. The Local Consumer Lending business provides residential mortgage loans, retail partner card loans, personal loans, commercial real estate, and other consumer loans, as well as western European cards and retail banking services. The Special Asset Pool business is a portfolio of securities, loans, and other assets. Citigroup Inc. has approximately 200 million customer accounts and operates in approximately 160 countries. The company was founded in 1812 and is based in New York, New York.

DYNEGY INC (NYSE:DYN) - Dynegy Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the production and sale of electric energy, capacity, and ancillary services in the United States. The company sells electric energy, capacity, and ancillary services on a wholesale basis from its natural gas-fired, coal-fired, and oil-fired power generation facilities. As of December 31, 2009, its power generation portfolio consisted of approximately 12,300 megawatts of baseload, intermediate, and peaking power plants fueled by a mix of natural gas, coal, and fuel oil. The companys customers include regional transmission organizations, independent system operators, integrated utilities, municipalities, electric cooperatives, transmission and distribution utilities, industrial customers, power marketers, other power generators, commercial end-users, and financial participants, such as banks and hedge funds. Dynegy Inc. was founded in 1985 and is based in Houston, Texas.

MORGAN STANLEY (NYSE:MS) - Morgan Stanley, a financial holding company, provides various financial products and services to corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals worldwide. It operates in three segments: Institutional Securities, Global Wealth Management Group, and Asset Management. The Institutional Securities segment offers financial advisory services on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, recapitalizations, spin-offs, exchange offers, and leveraged buyouts and takeover defenses, as well as shareholder relations, capital raising, corporate lending, and investments. This segment also engages in sales, trading, financing, and market-making activities, including equity trading, commodities, and interest rates, credit, and currencies, as well as financing services, such as prime brokerage, consolidated clearance, settlement, custody, financing, and portfolio reporting services. The Global Wealth Management Group segment provides brokerage and investment advisory services covering various investment alternatives comprising equities, options, futures, foreign currencies, precious metals, fixed income securities, mutual funds, structured products, alternative investments, unit investment trusts, managed futures, separately managed accounts, and mutual fund asset allocation programs; education savings programs, financial and wealth planning services, and annuity and insurance products; credit and other lending products; cash management services; retirement services; and trust and fiduciary services. The Asset Management segment offers products and services in equity, fixed income, and alternative investments, such as hedge funds, fund of funds, real estate, private equity, and infrastructure to institutional and retail clients through proprietary and third party distribution channels. This segment also involves in investment and merchant banking activities. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in New York.

SARA LEE CORP (NYSE:SLE) - Sara Lee Corporation engages in the manufacture and marketing of a range of branded packaged meat, bakery, and beverage products worldwide. Its packaged meat products include hot dogs and corn dogs, breakfast sausages, sandwiches and bowls, smoked and dinner sausages, premium deli and luncheon meats, bacon, beef, turkey, and cooked ham. It also offers fresh and frozen baked products, which comprise bread, buns, bagels, rolls, muffins, specialty bread, frozen pies, cakes, cheesecakes, pastries, and other desserts. In addition, Sara Lee provides roast, ground, and liquid coffee; cappuccinos; lattes; and hot and iced teas, as well as refrigerated dough products. The company sells its products under Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Jimmy Dean, Sara Lee, State Fair, Earth Grains, Colonial, Rainbo, Holsum, IronKids, Mothers, Sunbeam, Sun-Maid, San Luis Sourdough, Heiners, Douwe Egberts, Senseo, Maison du Caf, Marcilla, Merrild, Pickwick, Caf Caboclo, Caf Pilo, Bimbo, CroustiPate, Ortiz, and BonGateaux brand names. Sara Lee sells its products to mass retailers, supermarkets, mass merchandisers, distributors, restaurants, hospitals, warehouse clubs, national chains, and other institutions through direct sales force and outside brokers. The company was formerly known as Consolidated Foods Corporation and changed its name to Sara Lee Corporation in 1985. Sara Lee Corporation was founded in 1939 and is based in Downers Grove, Illinois.

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.

SANDRIDGE ENERGY, INC. (NYSE:SD) - SandRidge Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an independent natural gas and oil company in the United States. The company engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas properties. Its Exploration and Production segment explores for, develops, and produces natural gas and oil reserves in the West Texas Overthrus (WTO) and the Permian Basin. The companys Drilling and Oil Field Services segment drills wells for other oil and natural gas companies, primarily in the west Texas region. This segments oil field services include providing drilling rigs, pulling units, mud logging, trucking, rental tools, location and road construction, and roustabout services to third-parties. Its Midstream Gas Services segment provides gathering, compression, processing, and treating services of natural gas in west Texas. The company also captures and transports CO2 to the Permian Basin for use in tertiary oil recovery operations, as well as operates interests in the Mid-Continent, the Cotton Valley Trend in east Texas, the Gulf Coast, and the Gulf of Mexico. As of December 31, 2009, it had estimated proved reserves of 1,312.2 Bcfe, of which 52% were natural gas. The company also had 3,373 gross producing wells, as well as had oil interests in 1,720,909 gross leased acres. In addition, it had 8 rigs drilling in the WTO, 4 rigs drilling in the Permian Basin, 2 rigs drilling in East Texas, and 1 rig drilling in the Mid-Continent. The company, formerly known as Riata Energy, Inc., was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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