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Market Maker Surveillance Report. PFE, SIRI, ARBA, FCX, LUV, QQQ, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Monday, August 20th 2012

^{Published on 2012-08-20 18:01:00 - WOPRAI}
 

August 20, 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 4320 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2424 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2719 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. Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE), Sirius XM Radio Inc (NASDAQ:SIRI), Ariba Inc (NASDAQ:ARBA), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX), Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV), Powershares Qqq Trust Series 1 (NASDAQ:QQQ). 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
  PFE     $0.070    0.00%     6,410,446    27.69%    8,089,932    34.95%    -1,679,486   Abnormal
  SIRI    $0.020    0.01%     29,369,043   43.24%    37,999,369   55.94%    -8,630,326   Abnormal
  ARBA    $0.020    0.00%     470,291      26.41%    1,310,449    73.59%    -840,158     Abnormal
  FCX     $0.070    0.00%     2,976,832    26.84%    4,237,208    38.20%    -1,260,376   Abnormal
  LUV     $0.310    0.03%     4,660,577    32.33%    5,425,543    37.64%    -764,966     Abnormal
  QQQ     $0.020    0.00%     10,807,915   44.03%    13,476,925   54.91%    -2,669,010   Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows PFE with 1,679,486 greater shares of selling than buying (NetVol) and the stock price was up $0.07000. 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.

Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) - Pfizer Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, offers prescription medicines for humans and animals worldwide. The company's Biopharmaceutical segments provides Lipitor for elevated LDL-cholesterol levels in the blood; Enbrel for rheumatoid arthritis, polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, plaque psoriasis, and ankylosing spondylitis; Lyrica for post-herpetic neuralgia, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, fibromyalgia, neuropathic pain, adjunctive treatment of epilepsy, and general anxiety disorder, as well as for use as an adjunctive therapy for adult patients with partial onset seizures; Prevnar/Prevenar for invasive pneumococcal disease; Celebrex for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, and acute pain; Viagra for erectile dysfunction; Xalabrands for reducing elevated eye pressure; Effexor XR for depressive, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, and panic disorders; and Norvasc for hypertension. It also offers Zyvox for gram-positive pathogens; Premarin for menopausal symptoms; Sutent for renal cell carcinoma; Geodon/Zeldox for schizophrenia; Detrol/Detrol LA for overactive bladder; Zosyn/Tazocin, an intravenous antibiotic; Genotropin for growth hormone deficiency; Vfend, an antifungal agent; and Protonix for gastroesophageal reflux disease; Chantix/Champix for aid smoking cessation; BeneFIX, ReFacto AF, and Xyntha for lifelong bleeding disorder; Caduet for cardiovascular events; Revatio for pulmonary arterial hypertension; Pristiq for depressive disorder; Aricept for Alzheimers disease; and Spiriva for breathing problems. The companys Diversified segment offers animal health products, such as vaccines, anti-infectives, anti-inflammatories, antiemetics, and parasiticides; consumer healthcare products, such as dietary supplements, pain management, respiratory, and personal care; nutrition products; and gelatin, liquid, softgel, non-animal, and fish gelatin capsules. Pfizer Inc. was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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.

Ariba Inc (NASDAQ:ARBA) - Ariba, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides collaborative business commerce solutions for buying and selling goods and services. It combines technology to optimize the commerce lifecycle with the Web-based community to discover, connect, and collaborate with a global network of trading partners, and enhance cash flow and operations in a cloud-based environment. The companys solutions for buyers include spend analysis, sourcing, contract management, procurement and expense, and supplier information and performance management solutions. Its solutions for sellers comprise contract management for sales contracts solution; supplier sales and marketing programs; network catalog, order, and invoice collaboration; discovery for sellers. In addition, the company provides working capital management, supply chain finance, invoice management, and payment management solutions for managing cash. It operates a scalable Internet infrastructure that connects buyers and sellers enabling the exchange of product and service information, as well as a range of business documents, such as purchase orders and invoices. Aribas network is a multi-protocol network that allows buyers to send orders from Buyer or other eProcurement systems in one standard format that are then converted into the suppliers preferred transaction format. Further, it offers a range of services, including strategic consulting, implementation, supplier enablement, and customer support services. The company provides its solutions through direct sales organization in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. Ariba, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) - Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. engages in the exploration, mining, and production of mineral resources. It primarily explores for copper, gold, molybdenum, silver, and cobalt deposits. The company holds interests in various properties located in North and South America; Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia; and Tenke Fungurume minerals district in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As of December 31, 2009, its consolidated recoverable proven and probable reserves totaled 104.2 billion pounds of copper, 37.2 million ounces of gold, 2.59 billion pounds of molybdenum, 270.4 million ounces of silver, and 0.78 billion pounds of cobalt. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV) - Southwest Airlines Co. operates as a passenger airline that provides scheduled air transportation in the United States. As of December 31, 2010, the company operated 548 Boeing 737 aircraft and provided service to 69 cities in 35 states. It also sells frequent flyer credits and related services to companies participating in its Rapid Rewards frequent flyer program, such as car rental agencies, hotels, restaurants, and retail locations. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

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