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Market Maker Surveillance Report. MRVL, LTD, JNJ, ATML, SPLS, ZNGA, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Thursday, August 16th

^{Published on 2012-08-16 18:01:32 - WOPRAI}
 

August 16, 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 3940 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3779 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1776 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. Marvell Technology Group Ltd (NASDAQ:MRVL), Limited Brands Inc (NYSE:LTD), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Atmel Corp (NASDAQ:ATML), Staples Inc (NASDAQ:SPLS), Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA). 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
  MRVL    $-0.640   -5.36%    9,286,606    55.58%    7,339,668    43.93%    1,946,938    Abnormal
  LTD     $-0.290   -0.59%    6,378,285    60.10%    1,213,875    11.44%    5,164,410    Abnormal
  JNJ     $-0.160   -0.23%    4,883,646    36.13%    2,899,055    21.45%    1,984,591    Abnormal
  ATML    $-0.100   -1.68%    6,459,269    64.48%    3,552,976    35.47%    2,906,293    Abnormal
  SPLS    $-0.150   -1.31%    10,360,321   54.11%    8,253,568    43.11%    2,106,753    Abnormal
  ZNGA    $-0.070   -2.29%    17,455,108   60.86%    11,260,655   39.26%    6,194,453    Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows MRVL with 1,946,938 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.64000. 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.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd (NASDAQ:MRVL) - Marvell Technology Group Ltd. designs, develops, and markets analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing and embedded microprocessor integrated circuits. The company offers storage products, including storage system-on-a-chip, read channel, hard disk controller, tape drive controllers, solid-state drive controllers, and storage-system products for hard disk drives, tape drive electronics, optical disk drives, solid-state flash drives, and storage subsystems technology; and switching products comprising Prestera switch family, Link Street multi-port integrated switch family, and Link Street gateway products. It also provides communications controller and embedded processor products, such as Discovery Innovation, Discovery system controllers, Horizon WAN communication controllers, Kirkwood embedded processor, and Orion embedded processor; and enterprise transceiver and PC connectivity products consisting of Alaska and Alaska X 10 Gigabit Ethernet transceiver families, Fast Ethernet transceiver family, and Yukon Gigabit Ethernet PC connectivity products. In addition, the company offers cellular and applications processor products that include communications processors, applications processors, and ecosystem partners; wireless and personal area networking products, such as Libertas wireless LAN family and Avastar multi-function wireless networking family; printing ASIC products; and digital video processing products. It also provides power management and green technology products, including DSP switcher integrated regulators, analog switching regulators, and digital PFC controllers. Marvell serves business enterprise, consumer electronics, and emerging markets primarily in the United States, Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Limited Brands Inc (NYSE:LTD) - Limited Brands, Inc. operates as a retailer of womens intimate and other apparel, beauty and personal care products, and accessories in the United States and Canada. It offers lingerie, fragrances, cosmetics, shower gels, lotions, antibacterial soaps, candles, accessories, and spa products under Victorias Secret, Pink, La Senza, Bath & Body Works, C. O. Bigelow, The White Barn Candle Company, and Henri Bendel brands. The company sells its merchandise through its specialty retail stores, Web sites, and catalogues. As of March 15, 2010, it operated 2,970 specialty stores. The company was formerly known as The Limited, Inc. and changed its name to Limited Brands, Inc. in May 2002. Limited Brands, Inc. was founded in 1963 and is based in Columbus, Ohio.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) - Johnson & Johnson engages in the research and development, manufacture, and sale of various products in the health care field worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices and Diagnostics. The Consumer segment provides products used in baby care, skin care, oral care, wound care, and womens health care fields, as well as nutritional, over-the-counter pharmaceutical products, and wellness and prevention platforms under the names JOHNSONS, AVEENO, CLEAN & CLEAR, JOHNSONS Adult, NEUTROGENA, RoC, LUBRIDERM, Dabao, Vendome, LISTERINE, REACH, BAND-AID, PURELL, CAREFREE, STAYFREE, SPLENDA, TYLENOL, SUDAFED, ZYRTEC, MOTRIN IB, and PEPCID AC. The Pharmaceutical segment offers products in various therapeutic areas, such as anti-infective, antipsychotic, cardiovascular, contraceptive, dermatology, gastrointestinal, immunology, neurology, oncology, urology, and virology. Its products include REMICADE, a biologic approved for the treatment of immune mediated inflammatory diseases; PROCRIT, a biotechnology-derived product that stimulates red blood cell production; LEVAQUIN, which is used in the anti-infective field; RISPERDAL CONSTA, a injectable for the treatment of schizophrenia; CONCERTA, a product for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ACIPHEX/PARIET, a proton pump inhibitor; DURAGESIC/Fentanyl Transdermal, a treatment for chronic pain; VELCADE for the treatment of multiple myeloma; PREZISTA for treating HIV/AIDS patients; and INVEGA, a atypical antipsychotic. The Medical Devices and Diagnostics segment primarily offers circulatory disease management products; orthopaedic joint reconstruction, spinal care, and sports medicine products; surgical care, aesthetics, and womens health products; blood glucose monitoring and insulin delivery products; professional diagnostic products; and disposable contact lenses. The company was founded in 1886 and is based in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Atmel Corp (NASDAQ:ATML) - Atmel Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and markets a range of semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) products. The companys Microcontrollers segment offers various proprietary and standard microcontrollers, such as embedded nonvolatile memory, integrated analog peripherals, and capacitive touch controllers. Its Nonvolatile Memories segment provides serial interface electrically erasable programmable read-only memory and serial and parallel interface flash memory products, as well as parallel interface electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, and erasable programmable ready-only memory devices. This segment also offers products with military and aerospace applications. The companys Radio Frequency and Automotive segment provides products designed for the automotive industry, including automobile electronics, networking and access systems, and engine, lighting, and entertainment components. This segment produces and sells wireless and wired devices for industrial, consumer, and automotive applications; and offers foundry services, which produce radio frequency products for the mobile telecommunications market. Its Application Specific Integrated Circuit segment provides custom application specific ICs designed to meet specialized single-customer requirements of high performance devices in a range of specific applications; offers products that provide hardware security for embedded digital systems, as well as products with military and aerospace applications; and develops application specific standard products for space applications, power management, and secure crypto memory products. Atmel Corporation sells its products to original equipment manufacturers directly; and indirectly through distributors in the United States, Asia, Europe, South Africa, and Central and South America. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Staples Inc (NASDAQ:SPLS) - Staples, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an office products company. The company sells various office supplies and services, business machines and related products, computers and related products, and office furniture. It also provides high-speed, color and self-service copying, other printing services, faxing, and pack and ship services. As of January 30, 2010, the company operated approximately 2,243 superstores in 48 states and the District of Columbia in the United States, and 10 provinces and 2 territories in Canada, as well as in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the People's Republic of China, Argentina, and Australia. It also operated 125 distribution and fulfillment centers in 29 states in the United States and 8 provinces in Canada, as well as in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the People's Republic of China, Argentina, Brazil, and Australia. The company also offers its products through catalogs, Internet, and sales force. Staples, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is based in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA) -

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