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Market Maker Surveillance Report. MT, RAD, SAN, SBUX, BSBR, VNDB, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Thursday, August 9th 201

^{Published on 2012-08-09 18:01:39 - WOPRAI}
 

August 9, 2012 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Thursday. 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 Thursday there were 3918 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2781 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2487 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. ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT), Rite Aid Corp (NYSE:RAD), Banco Santander SA (NYSE:SAN), Starbucks Corp (NASDAQ:SBUX), Banco Santander Brasil SA (NYSE:BSBR), Vendum Batteries Inc (OTC:VNDB). 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
  MT      $-0.040   -0.25%    2,751,820    44.73%    1,092,948    17.77%    1,658,872    Abnormal
  RAD     $-0.040   -3.39%    5,454,561    48.04%    1,563,865    13.77%    3,890,696    Abnormal
  SAN     $-0.040   -0.61%    2,109,725    53.15%    764,589      19.26%    1,345,136    Abnormal
  SBUX    $-0.180   -0.40%    5,107,099    56.52%    3,899,730    43.15%    1,207,369    Abnormal
  BSBR    $-0.130   -1.63%    4,776,539    47.37%    1,915,694    19.00%    2,860,845    Abnormal
  VNDB    $-0.022   -41.32%   3,739,794    57.56%    2,381,907    36.66%    1,357,887    Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows MT with 1,658,872 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.04000. 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.

ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) - ArcelorMittal, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and marketing of steel worldwide. The company offers semi-finished flat products, such as slabs; finished flat products, including plates, hot and cold rolled coils and sheets, hot dipped and electro-galvanized coils and sheets, and tinplate and color coated coils and sheets; semi-finished long products comprising blooms and billets; finished long products, such as bars, wire-rods, structural sections, rails, and wire products; seamless and welded pipes and tubes; and stainless steel products. Its products are sold primarily to customers in the distribution and processing, automotive, pipe and tubes, construction, packaging, general industry, household equipment, and appliances industries. The company, formerly known as Mittal Steel Company N.V., was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.

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.

Banco Santander SA (NYSE:SAN) - Banco Santander-Chile provides commercial and retail banking services to corporate and individual customers in Chile. It offers time and demand deposits, checking accounts, and debit card accounts; and peso and foreign currency denominated loans to finance a variety of commercial transactions, trade, foreign currency forward contracts, and credit lines. The company also provides consumer loans, auto loans, residential mortgage loans, savings products, mutual funds, foreign trade financing, mortgage loans, and commercial loans. In addition, it offers factoring, foreign trade, credit cards, cash management, treasury services, shortterm financing and funding, interest rate and foreign currency derivatives, and securitization services. Further, the company provides various financial services, including financial leasing, financial advisory services, mutual fund management, securities brokerage, insurance brokerage, and investment management. As of December 31, 2009, it had a branch network of 498 branches. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile. Banco Santander-Chile is a subsidiary of Banco Santander, S.A.

Starbucks Corp (NASDAQ:SBUX) - Starbucks Corporation purchases and roasts whole bean coffees. It operates approximately 16,858 stores, including 8,833 company-operated stores and 8,025 licensed stores. The company offers approximately 30 blends and single-origin premium arabica coffees. It also provides handcrafted beverages, such as fresh-brewed coffee, hot and iced espresso beverages, coffee and non-coffee blended beverages, Vivanno smoothies, and Tazo teas; and merchandise products, including home espresso machines, coffee brewers and grinders, coffee mugs and accessories, packaged goods, music, books, and gift items. In addition, it offers fresh food items, which comprise baked pastries, sandwiches, salads, oatmeal, yogurt parfaits, and fruit cups. Further, it also provides VIA ready brew coffee, bottled frappuccino beverages, discoveries chilled cup coffee, doubleshot espresso drinks, iced coffee, whole bean coffee, and ice creams. The companys brand portfolio includes Tazo tea, Ethos water, Seattles Best Coffee, and Torrefazione Italia Coffee. Starbucks Corporation sells its products in approximately 50 countries worldwide. Starbucks Corporation was founded in 1971 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Banco Santander Brasil SA (NYSE:BSBR) - As of August, 2006, Banco Santander Brasil S.A. was acquired by Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. Banco Santander Brasil S.A. offers retail banking services. It provides savings accounts, consumer and equity credit loans, credit cards, residential mortgages, and deposit services. The company was formerly known as Banco Geral do Comrcio S.A. Banco Santander Brasil S.A. is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Vendum Batteries Inc (OTC:VNDB) - Vendum Batteries Inc. engages in developing cellulose-based power source for the automotive and aeronautical industries. The company focuses on selling licenses to use its intellectual property to produce and develop paper battery technology. Its paper battery is designed to use a paper-thin sheet of cellulose infused with aligned carbon nanotubes, where nanotubes act as electrodes to allow the storage devices to conduct electricity. The company intends to sell its products through distributors. Vendum Batteries Inc. is based in Reading, the United Kingdom.

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