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Market Maker Surveillance Report. AVP, EMC, S, HD, FIS, SMFG, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Friday, August 17th 2012

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August 17, 2012 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Friday. 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 Friday there were 4113 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3242 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2081 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. Avon Products Inc (NYSE:AVP), EMC Corp (NYSE:EMC), Sprint Nextel Corp (NYSE:S), Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), Fidelity National Information Services Inc (NYSE:FIS), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc (NYSE:SMFG). 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
  AVP     $0.030    0.21%     927,420      15.98%    3,471,089    59.79%    -2,543,669   Abnormal
  EMC     $0.690    2.63%     4,689,766    23.95%    6,573,506    33.57%    -1,883,740   Abnormal
  S       $0.020    0.39%     15,834,048   36.06%    17,874,110   40.71%    -2,040,062   Abnormal
  HD      $0.540    0.96%     2,848,775    25.29%    3,944,767    35.03%    -1,095,992   Abnormal
  FIS     $0.270    0.87%     375,758      6.47%     2,901,399    49.99%    -2,525,641   Abnormal
  SMFG    $0.200    3.23%     1,059,786    8.33%     3,384,143    26.59%    -2,324,357   Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows AVP with 2,543,669 greater shares of selling than buying (NetVol) and the stock price was up $0.03000. 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.

Avon Products Inc (NYSE:AVP) - Avon Products Inc. manufactures and markets beauty and related products worldwide. Its product categories include color cosmetics, fragrances, skin care, and personal care; fashion jewelry, watches, apparel, footwear, and accessories; and gift and decorative products, housewares, entertainment and leisure, and childrens and nutritional products. Avon Products Inc. markets its products through direct selling and independent representatives, as well as through distributorships. The company was founded in 1886 and is based in New York, New York.

EMC Corp (NYSE:EMC) - EMC Corporation develops, delivers, and supports information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure technologies and solutions. The companys Information Storage segment offers networked information storage systems and software, which are deployed in storage area network (SAN), networked attached storage (NAS), unified storage combining NAS and SAN, content addressed storage, and direct attached storage environments. Its Content Management and Archiving segment provides software, which optimizes business processes, as well as creates, manages, delivers, and archives information from documents and discussions, e-mail, Web pages, images, XML, reports, records, rich media, and application data. The companys RSA Information Security segment delivers products, packaged solutions, and services to guard the integrity and confidentiality of information throughout its lifecycle. This segment offers solutions in identity assurance and access control, data loss prevention, encryption and key management, compliance and security information management, and fraud protection. Its principal products include RSA enVision, the RSA Data Loss Prevention (DLP) 7.0 Suite, RSA Share Project, and the RSA Adaptive Authentication platform. EMC Corporations VMware Virtual Infrastructure business offers virtual infrastructure solutions and services to address a range of IT problems that include cost and operational inefficiencies, business continuity, software lifecycle management, and desktop management. The company also provides consulting, technology deployment, managed, customer support, and training and certification services. It sells its products and services through direct sales and multiple distribution channels in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.

Sprint Nextel Corp (NYSE:S) - Sprint Nextel Corporation, through its subsidiaries, offers wireless and wireline communications products and services to individual consumers, businesses, government subscribers, and resellers in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The companys Wireless segment provides data transmission services, including mobile productivity applications, such as Internet access, messaging, and email services; wireless photo and video offerings; location-based capabilities comprising asset and fleet management, dispatch services, and navigation tools; and mobile entertainment applications; and local and long distance wireless voice services, voicemail, call waiting, three-way calling, caller identification, directory assistance, and call forwarding services. This segment also provides customized design, development, implementation, and support services for wireless services provided to large companies and government agencies, as well as sells accessories, such as carrying cases, hands-free devices, batteries, battery chargers, and other devices and accessories to subscribers, agents, and other third-party distributors for resale. The companys Wireline segment offers voice and data communications, including domestic and international data communications using various protocols, such as multiprotocol label switching technologies, IP, managed network services, voice over Internet protocol, session initiated protocol, and traditional voice services, as well as offers wholesale voice local and long distance services. This segment markets and sells its services primarily through direct sales representatives. The company offers its wireless and wireline voice and data transmission services under the Sprint, Nextel, Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Assurance Wireless, and Common Cents. Sprint Nextel Corporation was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.

Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) - The Home Depot, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer. The companys stores sell a range of building materials, home improvement products, and lawn and garden products to do-it-yourself, do-it-for-me (D-I-F-M), and professional customers. It also offers installation services to D-I-F-M customers. These installation programs include products, such as carpeting, flooring, cabinets, countertops, and water heaters. In addition, the company provides professional installation of various products, such as generators, and furnace and central air systems that are sold through its in-home sales programs. As of December 31, 2009, it had 2,244 The Home Depot stores located throughout the United States, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the territories of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam; Canada; China; and Mexico. The Home Depot, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Fidelity National Information Services Inc (NYSE:FIS) - Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. provides banking and payments technology solutions, processing services, and information-based services. The Financial Solutions segment offers core processing software applications used to maintain the banks customer accounts; retail delivery applications for integrating back-office processes; applications for decision and risk management; applications for syndicated commercial loan origination and management; and technology solutions, such as consulting engagements, application development projects, and operations support for management of a single application or various information technology infrastructures. The Payment Solutions segment offers electronic funds transfer services comprising settlement and card management solutions, such as ATM- and PIN-based debit network access and real-time payment alternatives through NYCE; item processing and output services; credit card solutions; government and healthcare payments solutions that facilitate the exchange of information and funds among patients, payers, providers, and financial institutions; ePayment solutions consisting of bill publishing and bill consolidation technology; and check authorization services, such as check risk management and related services to businesses accepting or cashing checks. The International Solutions segment provides financial and payment processing software and services, including outsourced card issuer services and customer support, item processing, and retail point-of-sale check authorization services; and outsourced core bank processing arrangements, application management, software licensing and maintenance, facilities management, and consulting services. The company serves the mid-tier and community banks, credit unions, commercial lenders, automotive financial institutions, healthcare providers, governments, and retailers. Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc (NYSE:SMFG) - Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) provides various consumer, commercial, corporate banking, and other financial services in Japan. The company offers deposit taking, lending, securities retail sales and trading, securities investment, fund transfer, foreign exchange, insourcing of financial futures transactions, corporate bond trustee and custody, trust bank, investment trust sales, and securities intermediary services, as well as engages in retail sale of insurance products. It also provides credit card, credit finance, sales promotion, and payment collection agency services; and operational services, including card issuance, invoicing cardholders, and settlement of accounts of other cards. In addition, SMFGs activities include corporate leasing/installment; operating leasing/rental business; real estate leasing; investment/management supporting; computer systems development and information processing; provision of consulting services in the fields of management innovation, information technology, and consumer loans; and economic analyses and strategy design, and new business incubation services. Further, it offers securities services, such as trade brokerage, underwriting, and subscription, as well as securities custody, stock administration agent, and standing proxy services for non-resident investors; commodities investment selling; insurance solicitation; investment advisory; and trading and trade brokerage services of gold bullions and certificates of deposit. Additionally, SFMG provides automotive financing, factoring, clerical work outsourcing, e-trading consulting, seminar organizing, help desk and system support, temporary manpower, credit guarantee, and derivatives and investments services. The company has strategic alliances with Barclays PLC, Kookmin Bank, Bank of East Asia, First Commercial Bank, Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank, and NTT DoCoMo, Inc. Sumitomo Mitsui was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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