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Market Maker Surveillance Report. APOL, MNKD, MSFT, VLO, GEN, QQQ, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Thursday, October 18th

^{Published on 2012-10-18 18:01:50 - WOPRAI}
 

October 18, 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 3780 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2232 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3237 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. Apollo Group Inc (NASDAQ:APOL), Mannkind Corp (NASDAQ:MNKD), MICROSOFT CORPORATION (NASDAQ:MSFT), Valero Energy Corp (NYSE:VLO), GenOn Energy Inc (NYSE:GEN), 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
  APOL    $-0.230   -1.07%    4,183,556    59.97%    2,766,818    39.66%    1,416,738    Abnormal
  MNKD    $-0.620   -23.93%   20,699,684   65.60%    10,786,451   34.18%    9,913,233    Abnormal
  MSFT    $-0.440   -1.49%    31,027,264   56.16%    23,849,018   43.17%    7,178,246    Abnormal
  VLO     $-0.280   -0.93%    3,011,141    41.00%    1,788,088    24.34%    1,223,053    Abnormal
  GEN     $-0.040   -1.43%    9,534,299    35.23%    4,908,413    18.14%    4,625,886    Abnormal
  QQQ     $-0.840   -1.23%    30,481,560   52.45%    27,313,724   47.00%    3,167,836    Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows APOL with 1,416,738 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.23000. 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.

Apollo Group Inc (NASDAQ:APOL) - Apollo Group, Inc. provides educational programs and services at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels. The company offers associates, bachelors, masters, and doctoral degree programs in arts and sciences, business and management, criminal justice and security, counseling, education, human services, health care, psychology, technology, and nursing through its campus locations and learning centers in 39 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as through its online education delivery system. It also provides program development, administration, and management consulting services to private colleges and universities comprising degree program design, curriculum development, market research, student recruitment, accounting, and administrative services. In addition, the company offers financial services education programs and certification programs in retirement, asset management, and other financial planning areas; degree programs online to working learners in Canada and internationally; and education and training to professionals in the legal and finance industries in the United Kingdom. Apollo Group, Inc. was founded in 1973 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona..

Mannkind Corp (NASDAQ:MNKD) - MannKind Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutic products for diabetes and cancer. Its lead product candidate, AFREZZA, a rapid-acting insulin that has completed Phase III clinical trials for the treatment of diabetes in the United States, Europe, and Japan. The company is also preparing to initiate a Phase II study of MKC1106-MT in patients with advanced melanoma. Its products also include MKC253 (GLP-1), a Phase I clinical trials product for the treatment of type 2 diabetes; and MKC1106-PP, a Phase I clinical trials product for the treatment of diverse tumor types, metastatic diseases, and/or progressive, refractory disease. In addition, the company conducts preclinical studies of drug candidates, MKC204, which may have the potential to treat certain malignancies and inflammatory diseases; MKC180, an obesity compound; and MKC1106-NS, a cancer immunotherapy product. MannKind Corporation was founded in 1991 and is based in Valencia, California..

MICROSOFT CORPORATION (NASDAQ:MSFT) - Microsoft Corporation develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a range of software products and services for various computing devices worldwide. The companys Windows & Windows Live Division segment offers Windows operating system, Windows Live, and Internet Explorer. It offers Windows operating system, which include Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP Home, as well as Windows Live suite of applications and Web services. Microsofts Server and Tools segment provides Windows Server operating systems, Windows Azure, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Azure, Visual Studio, Silverlight, System Center products, Biz Talk server, Microsoft consulting services, and product support services. This segment also provides enterprise consulting and product support services; and training and certification to developers and information technology professionals, as well as builds standalone and software development lifecycle tools for software architects, developers, testers, and project managers. The companys Online Services Division segment offers online information products, such as Bing, MSN portals, and channels; and an online advertising platform for publishers and advertisers. Microsofts Microsoft Business Division segment offers Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM, as well as Microsoft Office Web Apps. The companys Entertainment and Devices Division segment develops, produces, and markets the Xbox 360 platform; PC software games; online games and services; Mediaroom, an Internet protocol television software; Windows Phone and Windows Embedded device platforms; the Zune digital music and entertainment platform; and application software for Apples Macintosh computers, Microsoft PC hardware products, and other devices. This segment also involves in retail and marketing of packaged versions of the Microsoft Office system and the Windows operating systems. Microsoft was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington..

Valero Energy Corp (NYSE:VLO) - Valero Energy Corporation operates as an independent petroleum refining and marketing company. The company operates through three segments: Refining, Retail, and Ethanol. The Refining segment engages in refining, wholesale marketing, product supply and distribution, and transportation operations. This segment produces conventional gasoline, distillates, jet fuel, asphalt, petrochemicals, lubricants, and other refined products, as well as a slate of premium products, including conventional blendstock for oxygenate blending, reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygenate blending, gasoline meeting the specifications of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), CARB diesel fuel, low-sulfur and ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel, and oxygenates consisting of liquid hydrocarbon compounds containing oxygen. The Retail segment sells transportation fuels at retail stores and unattended self-service cardlocks; convenience store merchandise and services in retail stores; and home heating oil to residential customers. The Ethanol segment produces ethanol and distillers grains. Valero Energy Corporation markets its refined products through bulk and rack marketing network; and approximately 5,800 retail and wholesale branded outlets under various brand names comprising Valero, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar, and Beacon. As of December 31, 2010, it owned and operated 14 petroleum refineries with a combined throughput capacity of approximately 2.6 million barrels per day located in the United States, Canada, and Aruba; and 10 ethanol plants situated in Midwest with a combined production capacity of 1.1 billion gallons per year. The company was formerly known as Valero Refining and Marketing Company and changed its name to Valero Energy Corporation in August 1997. Valero Energy Corporation was founded in 1955 and is based in San Antonio, Texas..

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..

Powershares Qqq Trust Series 1 (NASDAQ:QQQ) - .

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