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Market Maker Surveillance Report. BAC, TSM, AMD, ACOR, GEN, FB, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Thursday, October 4th 2012

^{Published on 2012-10-04 18:01:25 - WOPRAI}
 

October 4, 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 3929 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3575 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1954 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. BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (NYSE:BAC), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (NYSE:TSM), Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NYSE:AMD), Acorda Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ACOR), GenOn Energy Inc (NYSE:GEN), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB). 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
  BAC     $0.310    3.40%     54,016,935   34.07%    56,357,906   35.55%    -2,340,971   Abnormal
  TSM     $0.030    0.21%     4,452,862    29.36%    7,040,974    46.43%    -2,588,112   Abnormal
  AMD     $0.070    2.24%     6,871,615    29.67%    8,594,841    37.11%    -1,723,226   Abnormal
  ACOR    $0.420    1.57%     997,607      28.85%    2,438,813    70.52%    -1,441,206   Abnormal
  GEN     $0.060    2.27%     1,290,752    15.59%    4,139,667    49.99%    -2,848,915   Abnormal
  FB      $0.120    0.55%     21,699,379   47.03%    24,369,916   52.82%    -2,670,537   Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows BAC with 2,340,971 greater shares of selling than buying (NetVol) and the stock price was up $0.31000. 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.

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (NYSE:BAC) - Bank of America Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides banking and financial services to individuals, small- and middle-market businesses, corporations, and governments primarily in the United States and internationally. The companys Deposits segment generates savings accounts, money market savings accounts, certificate of deposits and IRAs, and checking accounts; and Global Card Services segment provides the U.S. consumer and business card, consumer lending, international card and debit card services. Its Home Loans & Insurance segment offers fixed and adjustable-rate first-lien mortgage loans for home purchase and refinancing needs, reverse mortgages, home equity lines of credit, and home equity loans, as well as property, casualty, life, disability, and credit insurance. The companys Global Commercial Banking segment provides commercial loans and commitment facilities, real estate lending, leasing, trade finance, short-term credit, asset-based lending, and indirect consumer loans; and capital management and treasury solutions, such as treasury management, foreign exchange, and short-term investing options. Its Global Banking & Markets segment provides financial products, advisory services, financing, securities clearing, settlement, and custody services; debt and equity underwriting and distribution, merger-related advisory services, and risk management products; and integrated working capital management and treasury solutions. The companys Global Wealth & Investment Management segment offers advisory services, team-based investment advice and guidance, brokerage services, and wealth management solutions, as well as retirement services. Bank of America Corporation serves customers through a network of approximately 5,900 banking centers and 18,000 automated teller machines. The company was founded in 1874 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina..

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (NYSE:TSM) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited engages in the computer-aided designing, manufacturing, packaging, testing, and selling integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices; and manufacturing masks. It offers a range of wafer fabrication processes, including processes to manufacture complementary metal oxide silicon (CMOS) logic, mixed-signal, radio frequency, embedded memory, BiCMOS mixed-signal, and other semiconductors. The companys semiconductor products include logic semiconductors that process digital data to control the operation of electronic systems, as well as standard logic devices that include microprocessors, microcontrollers, digital signal processors, graphic chips, and chip sets; and mixed-signal/RF semiconductors, which combine analog and digital devices on a single semiconductor to process analog and digital data for use in hard disk drives, wireless communications equipment, and network communications equipment. It also offers memory semiconductors that are used in electronic systems to store data and program instructions; CMOS image sensor semiconductors, which are primarily used in camera phones; and high voltage semiconductors, including high voltage CMOS, bipolar-CMOS-DMOS, and ultra-high voltage technology products for use in various panel-size display driver and power IC applications. In addition, the company offers design and technology platforms, and multi-project wafer processing services. It serves fabless semiconductor and systems companies, and integrated device manufacturers primarily in North America, Asia, and Europe. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan..

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..

Acorda Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ACOR) - Acorda Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops therapies for multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, and other nervous system disorders. Its marketed products include Ampyra (dalfampridine), a potassium channel blocker for improving walking in patients with multiple sclerosis; and Zanaflex Capsules and Zanaflex tablets (tizanidine hydrochloride), a short-acting drug for the management of spasticity. The companys pipeline also includes various products in development for the treatment, regeneration, and repair of the spinal cord and brain. Its preclinical products comprise remyelination programs that include two distinct therapeutic approaches to stimulate repair of the damaged myelin sheath in multiple sclerosis, neuregulins/glial growth factor 2, and remyelinating antibodies; and chondroitinase program, which develops second generation approaches to overcoming the proteoglycan matrix. Acorda Therapeutics sells its products through specialty sales force, managed care team, and contract pharmaceutical telesales organizations. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Hawthorne, New York..

GenOn Energy Inc (NYSE:GEN) - GenOn Energy, Inc. operates as a generator of wholesale electricity in the United States. Its portfolio of power generation facilities include baseload, intermediate, and peaking units using coal, natural gas, and oil to generate electricity. The company owns, contracts, or operates approximately 49 power generation stations with generation capacity of 24,599 megawatts. The company was formerly known as Mirant Corporation and changed its name to GenOn Energy, Inc. on December 4, 2010. The company is based in Houston, Texas..

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) - Facebook, Inc. operates as a social networking company worldwide. The company builds tools that enable users to connect, share, discover, and communicate with each other; enables developers to build social applications on Facebook or to integrate their Websites with Facebook; and offers products that enable advertisers and marketers to engage with its users. As of February 2, 2012, it had 845 million monthly users and 443 million daily users. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California..

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