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Market Maker Surveillance Report. COP, THC, JCP, IRIS, PHH, AMD, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Monday, September 17th 20

^{Published on 2012-09-17 18:00:23 - WOPRAI}
 

September 17, 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 3865 companies with "abnormal" market making, 1978 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3575 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. ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Tenet Healthcare Corp (NYSE:THC), J C Penney Company Inc (NYSE:JCP), IRIS International Inc (NASDAQ:IRIS), PHH Corp (NYSE:PHH), Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NYSE:AMD). 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
  COP     $0.090    0.15%     2,030,077    23.98%    3,587,872    42.39%    -1,557,795   Abnormal
  THC     $0.150    2.59%     6,835,568    23.91%    9,770,039    34.18%    -2,934,471   Abnormal
  JCP     $0.020    0.07%     1,266,022    23.85%    2,197,822    41.41%    -931,800     Abnormal
  IRIS    $6.120    45.60%    1,773,291    38.21%    2,838,605    61.16%    -1,065,314   Abnormal
  PHH     $0.060    0.30%     1,369,487    35.30%    2,508,807    64.66%    -1,139,320   Abnormal
  AMD     $0.050    1.28%     12,304,069   30.33%    13,433,588   33.11%    -1,129,519   Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows COP with 1,557,795 greater shares of selling than buying (NetVol) and the stock price was up $0.09000. 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.

ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) - ConocoPhillips operates as an integrated energy company worldwide. The companys Exploration and Production (E&P) segment explores for, produces, transports, and markets crude oil, bitumen, natural gas, liquefied natural gas, and natural gas liquids. Its Midstream segment gathers, processes, and markets natural gas; and fractionates and markets natural gas liquids in the United States and Trinidad. The companys Refining and Marketing (R&M) segment purchases, refines, markets, and transports crude oil and petroleum products, such as gasolines, distillates, and aviation fuels. Its Chemicals segment manufactures and markets petrochemicals and plastics. This segment offers olefins and polyolefins, including ethylene, propylene, and other olefin products; aromatics products, such as benzene, styrene, paraxylene, and cyclohexane, as well as polystyrene and styrene-butadiene copolymers; and various specialty chemical products comprising organosulfur chemicals, solvents, catalysts, drilling chemicals, mining chemicals, and engineering plastics and compounds. The companys Emerging Businesses segment develops new technologies and businesses. It focuses on power generation; and technologies related to conventional and nonconventional hydrocarbon recovery, refining, alternative energy, biofuels, and the environment. This segment also offers E-Gas, a gasification technology producing high-value synthetic gas. ConocoPhillips was founded in 1917 and is based in Houston, Texas..

Tenet Healthcare Corp (NYSE:THC) - Tenet Healthcare Corporation, an investor-owned health care services company, operates general hospitals and related health care facilities. The companys general hospitals offer acute care services, radiology services, and respiratory therapy services, as well as operate operating and recovery rooms, and clinical laboratories and pharmacies. It also provides intensive care, critical care and/or coronary care units, and physical therapy; orthopedic, oncology, and outpatient services; tertiary care services, such as open-heart surgery, neonatal intensive care, and neuroscience; quaternary care in areas, including heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplants; gamma-knife brain surgery; cyberknife surgery for tumors and lesions in the brain, lung, neck, and spine; and bone marrow transplants. As of December 31, 2008, Tenet Healthcare Corporation operated 53 general hospitals; and a critical access hospital with a combined total of 14,352 licensed beds serving urban and rural communities. The company also operated various related health care facilities, including a rehabilitation hospital; a long-term acute care hospital; a skilled nursing facility; various medical office buildings; and physician practices, captive insurance companies, and other ancillary health care businesses, such as outpatient surgery centers, diagnostic imaging centers, and occupational and rural health care clinics, as well as owned interests in two health maintenance organizations. It has a joint venture agreement with MED3000 Inc. to provide services to physician practices. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas with additional offices in Santa Ana, California; Coral Springs, Florida; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania..

J C Penney Company Inc (NYSE:JCP) - J. C. Penney Company, Inc., through its subsidiary, J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc., operates a network of department stores in the United States and Puerto Rico. It sells family apparel and footwear, accessories, fine and fashion jewelry, beauty products, and home furnishings. The company also provides various services, such as styling salon, optical, portrait photography, and custom decorating. It sells its products through department stores and catalogs, as well as through the Internet at jcp.com. As of January 30, 2010, the companys distribution network included 13 merchandise distribution centers, 5 regional warehouses, and 4 direct fulfillment centers. As of March 29, 2010, it operated 1,100 department stores. The company was founded in 1902 and is based in Plano, Texas..

IRIS International Inc (NASDAQ:IRIS) - IRIS International, Inc. manufactures in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products for urinalysis and body fluids. The companys IVD segment offers iQ analyzer, an automated urine microscopy and body fluids analyzer; iQ Body Fluids Module; Optional iWare Software; iChem VELOCITY and iRICELL, an automated urine chemistry analyzer; 3GEMS Urinalysis and Body Fluids; and 3GEMS Hematology, a blood count analyzer. This segment also provides consumables for microscopy systems, test strips, calibrators, controls, and urine chemistry analyzers. Its Sample Processing segment offers benchtop centrifuges, small instruments, and supplies used for applications in coagulation, cytology, hematology, urinalysis, and DNA processing. This segment provides Express centrifuge line for clinical diagnostic market; ThermoBrite, a DNA workstation for FISH procedures; Cytofuge 2, a centrifuge for layer cell preparation; Cytofuge 12, a 12 placement centrifuge used for thin layer cell preparation; IDEXX Drive and IDEXX whole blood separator for use in IDEXX chemistry analyzers; and OvaTube, an ova and parasite testing for veterinarian market. The companys Personalized Medicine segment offers oncology and molecular diagnostics services. This segments products include Arista Molecular Tests for the diagnosis and prognostication of pathologic entities; Flow cytometry, a cell analysis platform; FISH for the detection of DNA on chromosomes; NADiA ProsVue used in prognostication of patients; NADiA HIV to monitor HIV viral load; and NADiA CECs for the detection of circulating epithelial cells. It serves medical institutions, commercial laboratories, clinics, doctors offices, veterinary laboratories, and research facilities. IRIS International sells its products through a direct sales and service force in the United States, as well as through distributors internationally. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Chatsworth, California..

PHH Corp (NYSE:PHH) - PHH Corporation provides mortgage and fleet management outsourcing services in the United States and Canada. The companys Mortgage Production segment originates, purchases, and sells mortgage loans, including PHH home loans; and offers private label mortgage services to financial institutions and real estate brokers, as well as provides appraisal, credit research, flood certification, and tax services. Its Mortgage Servicing segment involves in collecting loan payments; remitting principal and interest payments to investors; and managing escrow funds for payment of mortgage-related expenses, such as taxes and insurance. This segment also services mortgage loans, purchases mortgage servicing rights (MSRs), and acts as a subservicer for clients that own the underlying MSRs, as well as provides reinsurance services. The companys Fleet Management Services segment provides commercial fleet management services to corporate clients and government agencies. Its fleet leasing and fleet management services include vehicle leasing, fleet policy analysis and recommendations, benchmarking, vehicle recommendations, ordering and purchasing vehicles, arranging for vehicle delivery, and administration of the title and registration process, as well as tax and insurance requirements, pursuing warranty claims, and remarketing used vehicles. This segment also provides vehicle maintenance service cards used to facilitate payment for repairs and maintenance; accident management services, such as immediate assistance; and fuel card services that facilitate the payment, monitoring, and control of fuel purchases. As of December 31, 2009, it had approximately 300,000 vehicles leased, including cars and light trucks, medium and heavy trucks, trailers, and equipment, as well as 245,000 additional vehicles serviced under fuel cards, maintenance cards, and accident management services arrangements. The company was founded in 1946 and is based in MT. Laurel, New Jersey..

Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NYSE:AMD) - Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. operates as a semiconductor company in the United States, Japan, China, and Europe. Its microprocessors for server platforms include multi-core AMD Opteron processors; notebook PC platforms consist of the AMD Dual-Core Accelerated Processor E-350, AMD Dual-Core Accelerated Processor C-50, AMD Phenom II Dual-Core Mobile Processor, AMD Phenom II Quad-Core Mobile Processor, AMD Turion X2 Mobile Processor, AMD Turion II Mobile Processor, AMD Turion II Ultra Mobile Processor, AMD Turion Neo X2 Mobile Processor, AMD Athlon II processor, AMD Athlon Neo processor, AMD Athlon Neo X2 Dual-Core processor, and the Mobile AMD Sempron processor products; and desktop PC platforms comprise AMD Phenom II, AMD Phenom, AMD Athlon II, AMD Athlon X2, AMD Athlon, and AMD Sempron processors. It also provides embedded processor products for vendors in industrial controls, digital signage, point of sale/self-service kiosks, medical imaging, set-top box, and casino gaming machines, as well as enterprise class telecommunications, networking, security, storage systems and thin-clients, or computers. In addition, the company offers chipset products, including integrated graphics processor chipsets and discrete chipsets for desktop and notebook PCs, professional workstations, and servers. Further, it provides graphic products consisting of 3D graphics, and video and multimedia products for use in desktop and notebook computers, such as home media PCs, professional workstations, and servers, as well as technology for game consoles. The company's graphics products comprise discrete desktop graphics, discrete notebook graphics, professional graphics, FireStream processors, and game consoles. It serves original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, system builders, and independent distributors through direct sales force, independent distributors, and sales representatives. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Sunnyvale, California..

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