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Market Maker Surveillance Report. EBAY, MO, SIRI, MRK, XEL, FTR, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Monday, June 11th 2012

^{Published on 2012-06-11 18:00:30 - 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 (bullish bias) in their stock prices. This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices rose. EBAY INC (NASDAQ:EBAY), ALTRIA GROUP INC (NYSE:MO), Sirius XM Radio Inc (NASDAQ:SIRI), MERCK & CO. , INC. (NYSE:MRK), XCEL ENERGY INC (NYSE:XEL), FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORP (NASDAQ:FTR). 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
  EBAY    $0.080    0.21%     4,603,104    43.96%    5,392,936    51.50%    -789,832     Abnormal
  MO      $0.010    0.03%     2,281,525    24.70%    3,740,520    40.50%    -1,458,995   Abnormal
  SIRI    $0.010    0.54%     5,020,760    41.07%    7,202,478    58.92%    -2,181,718   Abnormal
  MRK     $0.210    0.55%     2,380,594    23.91%    3,600,324    36.16%    -1,219,730   Abnormal
  XEL     $0.140    0.49%     945,795      10.57%    7,009,715    78.32%    -6,063,920   Abnormal
  FTR     $0.090    2.59%     4,862,270    34.20%    9,352,475    65.79%    -4,490,205   Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows EBAY with 789,832 greater shares of selling than buying (NetVol) and the stock price was up $0.08000. 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.

EBAY INC (NASDAQ:EBAY) - eBay Inc. provides online marketplaces for the sale of goods and services, as well as other online commerce, platforms, and online payment solutions to individuals and businesses in the United States and internationally. The companys Marketplaces segment provides the infrastructure to enable online commerce on a range of platforms, including the eBay.com platform, and its localized platforms. Its online platforms also consist of StubHub, a secondary tickets marketplace; Shopping.com, an online shopping comparison Website; Rent.com, an apartment listing service platform; and Half.com, a fixed price media marketplace. This segment also operates classifieds Websites, such as Den Bla Avis, BilBasen, Gumtree, Kijiji, LoQUo, Marktplaats.nl, and mobile.de, as well as eBay Classifieds, including eBay Anuncios, eBay Kleinanzeigen, and eBay Annunci. In addition, its eBay.com platform provides services comprising feedback forums, safeharbor programs, verified rights owner programs, customer support, pre-trade and post-trade tools and services, powerseller programs, eBay top-rated seller programs, top buyer programs, coupons and buyer rewards, and eBay buyer protection services. The companys Payments segment operates online payment solutions, such as PayPal, which enables individuals and businesses to send and receive payments online; and Bill Me Later solution that enables the United States merchants to offer, the Unites States consumers to obtain, credit at the point of sale for ecommerce transactions through Bill Me Laters relationship with a chartered financial institution. eBay Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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.

Sirius XM Radio Inc (NASDAQ:SIRI) - Sirius XM Radio Inc. provides satellite radio services in the United States and Canada. The company offers a programming lineup of approximately 135 channels of commercial-free music, sports, news, talk, entertainment, and traffic and weather. It also provides music channels that offer music genres, ranging from rock, pop and hip-hop to country, dance, jazz, Latin, and classical; channels of sports; talk and entertainment channels; comedy channels; national, international, and financial news channels; and religious channels. As of December 31, 2009, Sirius XM Radio had 18,772,758 subscribers. In addition, it provides music services for commercial establishments; music and comedy channels to mobile phone users; and music channels and select non-music channels over the Internet; a suite of data services; services that offer graphic information; and various real-time weather services, as well as operates a television service, which provides content designed primarily for children in the backseat of vehicles. Further, the company engages in the distribution of satellite radios for use in cars, trucks, homes, offices, boats, or other locations. Sirius XM Radio distributes its satellite radios primarily through automakers, retailers, and Web sites, as well as offers to customers of rental car companies. Further, it provides home units that offer satellite services to home and commercial audio systems, and products that provide access to the Internet radio services in the home without the personal computer. The company was formerly known as Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and changed its name to Sirius XM Radio Inc. in August 2008. Sirius XM Radio Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

MERCK & CO. , INC. (NYSE:MRK) - Merck & Co., Inc. provides various health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, animal health, and consumer care products. The companys Pharmaceutical segment provides human health pharmaceutical products, such as therapeutic and preventive agents for the treatment of human disorders in the areas of bone, respiratory, immunology, dermatology, cardiovascular, diabetes and obesity, infectious diseases, neurosciences and ophthalmology, oncology, vaccines, and women's health and endocrine. This segment also offers human health vaccines, such as preventive pediatric, adolescent, and adult vaccines. Its Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets animal health products. This segment offers antibiotics, anti-inflammatory products, vaccines, products for the treatment of fertility disorders, and parasiticides for cattle, swine, horses, poultry, dogs, cats, salmons, and fish. The Consumer Care segment develops, manufactures, and markets over-the-counter, foot care, and sun care products. Its over-the-counter product line includes non-drowsy antihistamines; treatment for occasional constipation; decongestant-free cold/flu medicine for people with high blood pressure; nasal decongestant spray; and treatment for frequent heartburn. This segments foot care products comprise topical antifungal, and foot and sneaker odor/wetness products; and sun care products include sun care lotions, sprays and dry oils; and sunburn relief products. The company serves drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, government agencies, physicians, physician distributors, veterinarians, animal producers, and managed health care providers, as well as food chain and mass merchandiser outlets in the United States and Canada. Merck & Co., Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey.

XCEL ENERGY INC (NYSE:XEL) - Xcel Energy Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity to residential, commercial, industrial, and public authorities in the United States. The company generates electricity using coal, nuclear, hydro, wind, and solar energy. It also purchases, transports, distributes, and sells natural gas to retail customers, as well as transports customer-owned natural gas. Xcel Energy primarily serves customers in the areas of Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. As of December 31, 2009, it provided electricity services to approximately 3,392,586 customers and natural gas services to approximately 1,880,557 customers. Xcel Energy, through its joint venture interests in WYCO Development L.L.C, develops and leases natural gas pipeline, storage, and compression facilities. The company was founded in 1909 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORP (NASDAQ:FTR) - Frontier Communications Corporation, a communications company, provides regulated and unregulated voice, data, and video services to residential, business, and wholesale customers in the United States. It offers local and long distance voice services, including basic telephone wireline services to residential and business customers; switched access services that allow other carriers to use the facilities to originate and terminate their long distance voice and data traffic; and directory services that provide white and yellow page directories for residential and business listings. The company also provides data and Internet services, which include residential services comprising high-speed Internet, dial up Internet, portal and e-mail products, and hard drive back-up services; and commercial and carriers services, such as metro Ethernet; dedicated Internet; Internet protocol, optical, multiprotocol label switching, and TDM data transport services. In addition, it offers direct broadcast satellite services and fiber optic video services, as well as provides online access to video content, entertainment, and news available on the worldwide Web through its Web site myfitv.com. The company was formerly known as Citizens Communications Company and changed its name to Frontier Communications Corporation in July 2008. Frontier Communications Corporation was founded in 1927 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

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