Market Maker Surveillance Report. PFE, LTD, YHOO, HCA, ETFC, QQQ, Highest Net Sell Volume and Negative Price Friction For Wedn

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  Published in Stocks and Investing on Wednesday, December 12th 2012 at 18:01 GMT

December 12, 2012 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Wednesday. 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 Wednesday there were 4085 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2601 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3060 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the highest net sell volume on Wednesday and lowest negative price Friction (bearish). This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices dropped faster with less Friction. Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE), Limited Brands Inc (NYSE:LTD), Yahoo! Inc (NASDAQ:YHOO), HCA Holdings Inc (NYSE:HCA), E*TRADE Financial Corp (NASDAQ:ETFC), 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     $-0.130   -0.50%    6,794,188    22.77%    9,928,463    33.28%    -3,134,275   -241,098
  LTD     $-0.360   -0.71%    507,482      8.43%     4,470,346    74.26%    -3,962,864   -110,080
  YHOO    $-0.140   -0.71%    9,960,745    43.57%    12,843,469   56.18%    -2,882,724   -205,909
  HCA     $-0.070   -0.21%    1,142,111    13.91%    5,660,704    68.95%    -4,518,593   -645,513
  ETFC    $-0.060   -0.67%    2,269,339    20.06%    8,788,170    77.68%    -6,518,831   -1,086,472
  QQQ     $-0.210   -0.32%    21,091,984   46.85%    23,672,364   52.58%    -2,580,380   -122,875

For example, the chart above shows PFE down $-0.13000 with a Friction Factor of -241,098 and a Net Volume of -3,134,275. That means that it takes 241,098 more shares of selling than buying to drop PFE by one penny. On Monday the Market Makers allowed the stock to move down on heavier selling than buying (low negative friction).

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..

Limited Brands Inc (NYSE:LTD) - Limited Brands, Inc. operates as a retailer of womens intimate and other apparel, beauty and personal care products, and accessories in the United States and Canada. It offers lingerie, fragrances, cosmetics, shower gels, lotions, antibacterial soaps, candles, accessories, and spa products under Victorias Secret, Pink, La Senza, Bath & Body Works, C. O. Bigelow, The White Barn Candle Company, and Henri Bendel brands. The company sells its merchandise through its specialty retail stores, Web sites, and catalogues. As of March 15, 2010, it operated 2,970 specialty stores. The company was formerly known as The Limited, Inc. and changed its name to Limited Brands, Inc. in May 2002. Limited Brands, Inc. was founded in 1963 and is based in Columbus, Ohio..

Yahoo! Inc (NASDAQ:YHOO) - Yahoo! Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries, operates as a digital media company that delivers personalized digital content and experiences, across devices and worldwide. The companys communications and communities offerings provide a range of communication and social services to users and small businesses across various devices and through its broadband Internet access partners. Its search and marketplaces offerings provide answers to users' information needs by delivering meaningful search, local, and listings experiences on the search results page and across Yahoo!. Yahoo!s marketplaces offerings and services enable users to research specific topics, products, services or areas of interest by reviewing and exchanging information, obtaining contact details or considering offers from providers of goods, services, or parties with similar interests. Its media properties and services engage users with relevant online content and services on the Web. The company also offers advertisers targeted solutions, insights about their customer base, and tools that leverage those insights for optimized program performance; marketing services to advertisers across a majority of Yahoo! Properties and Affiliate sites; display advertising, search advertising, listing-based services, and commerce-based transactions; and customized and relevant advertising. In addition, it provides software and platform offerings for third-party developers, advertisers, and publishers. Further, the company offers the display of graphical advertisements, text-based links to advertisers Web sites, and other sources. Additionally, it enables users to publish their content on any topic and distributes that content through its Web site and content partners. The company has strategic alliance with Samsung and Nokia. Yahoo! Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California..

HCA Holdings Inc (NYSE:HCA) - HCA Holdings, Inc. offers health care services in the United States. It owns, manages, or operates hospitals, freestanding surgery centers, diagnostic and imaging centers, radiation and oncology therapy centers, rehabilitation and physical therapy centers, and various other facilities. The companys general acute care hospitals provide medical and surgical services, including inpatient care, intensive care, cardiac care, diagnostic services, and emergency services, as well as outpatient services, which include outpatient surgery, laboratory, radiology, respiratory therapy, cardiology, and physical therapy. Its psychiatric hospitals offer therapeutic programs, such as child, adolescent, and adult psychiatric care; and adult and adolescent alcohol, and drug abuse treatment and counseling. As of December 31, 2010, the company owned and operated 151 general, acute care hospitals with 38,321 licensed beds, and 7 general, acute care hospitals with 2,269 licensed beds through joint ventures, as well as 5 psychiatric hospitals with 506 licensed beds and 106 freestanding surgery centers in eastern, central, and western United States. It also operates six consolidating hospitals in England. HCA Holdings, Inc. is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee..

E*TRADE Financial Corp (NASDAQ:ETFC) - E*TRADE Financial Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides online brokerage and related products and services primarily to individual retail investors under the E*TRADE Financial brand name worldwide. It provides various brokerage products and services, including automated order placement and execution of the U.S. equities, futures, options, exchange-traded funds, and bond orders; access to E*TRADE Mobile Pro, which allows customers to trade stocks and transfer funds between accounts, as well as to monitor real-time investment, market, and account information; access to Power E*TRADE Pro, a desktop trading software for active traders; margin accounts allowing customers to borrow against their securities; access to international equities; and sweep deposit accounts that automatically transfer funds to and from customer brokerage accounts, as well as employee stock option management software and services for corporate customers. The company also offers access to the investor resource center, which provides an aggregated view of its investing tools, market insights, independent research, education, and other investing resources; advisory services, such as investment guidance; and fixed income tools to help customers identify, evaluate, and implement fixed income investment strategies. In addition, it provides access to Retirement QuickPlan, a retirement planning tool that provides an assessment of an individuals or a familys retirement savings and investing plan, as well as tips to help get on track with personal retirement goals; individual retirement accounts; access to non-proprietary exchange-traded funds and mutual funds; investing and trading educational services via online videos, Web seminars, and Web tutorials; and deposit accounts, including checking, savings, and money market accounts. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in New York, New York..

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

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