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Market Maker Surveillance Report. NCT, MMC, SE, PPG, CLWR, SD, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Tuesday, February 12th 2013

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February 12, 2013 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Tuesday. 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 Tuesday there were 3957 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3100 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2248 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. NEWCASTLE INVESTMENT CORP. (NYSE:NCT), Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc (NYSE:MMC), SPECTRA ENERGY CORP (NYSE:SE), PPG Industries Inc (NYSE:PPG), Clearwire Corp (NASDAQ:CLWR), SANDRIDGE ENERGY, INC. (NYSE:SD). 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
  NCT     $-0.020   -0.18%    9,515,437    47.03%    5,801,310    28.67%    3,714,127    Abnormal
  MMC     $-0.330   -0.90%    4,133,184    40.86%    2,151,098    21.27%    1,982,086    Abnormal
  SE      $-0.040   -0.13%    10,642,560   71.62%    2,231,532    15.02%    8,411,028    Abnormal
  PPG     $-3.040   -2.18%    2,439,205    54.62%    822,720      18.42%    1,616,485    Abnormal
  CLWR    $-0.010   -0.31%    4,784,210    63.91%    2,701,138    36.09%    2,083,072    Abnormal
  SD      $-0.090   -1.57%    6,058,815    43.79%    4,777,464    34.53%    1,281,351    Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows NCT with 3,714,127 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.02000. 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.

NEWCASTLE INVESTMENT CORP. (NYSE:NCT) - Newcastle Investment Corp. operates as a real estate investment and finance company that invests in and manages a portfolio consisting primarily of real estate securities. The company s portfolio of real estate securities includes commercial mortgage backed securities, senior unsecured debt issued by property REITs, real estate related asset backed securities, and agency residential mortgage backed securities. Newcastle also owns interest in loans and pools of loans, including real estate related loans, commercial mortgage loans, residential mortgage loans, and manufactured housing loans. In addition, it owns interests in operating real estate. The company is organized to qualify as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Newcastle was founded in 1998 and is based in New York City..

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc (NYSE:MMC) - Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a professional services company, provides advice and solutions in the areas of risk, strategy, and human capital. It operates in two segments, Risk and Insurance Services, and Consulting. The Risk and Insurance Services segment provides risk management and insurance broking, reinsurance broking, and insurance program management services for businesses, public entities, insurance companies, associations, professional services organizations, and private clients. The Consulting segment offers advice and services to the managements of organizations in the area of human resource consulting, comprising retirement and investments, health and benefits, outsourcing and talent; and strategy and risk management consulting, such as management, economic, and brand consulting. The company also provides investment consulting services for endowments and foundations in the United States; health and benefit recordkeeping, and employee enrollment technology; human resource knowledge, data, and solutions for professionals in various industries; and Medicaid policy consulting services. It principally serves customers in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Asia Pacific, and Continental Europe. Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in New York, New York..

SPECTRA ENERGY CORP (NYSE:SE) - Spectra Energy Corp engages in the ownership and operation of a portfolio of natural gas-related energy assets in North America. The company s U.S. Transmission segment engages in the transportation and storage of natural gas for customers in various regions of the northeastern and southeastern United States and the Maritime provinces in Canada. This segment s natural gas pipeline systems consist of approximately 19,000 miles of transmission pipelines; and storage capacity comprises 305 billion cubic feet (Bcf). Its Distribution segment provides natural gas storage, transmission, and distribution services for residential, commercial, and industrial customers primarily in Canada. This segment has approximately 39,000 miles of distribution main and service pipelines; storage capacity of approximately 155 Bcf; and transmission system of approximately 2,900 miles of high-pressure pipeline and 6 mainline compressor stations. The company s Western Canada Transmission and Processing segment offers natural gas transportation, and gas gathering and processing services; and provides services to natural gas producers to remove impurities from the raw gas stream, including water, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and other substances. It is involved in the extraction, fractionation, transportation, storage, and marketing of natural gas liquids (NGLs) for western Canadian producers and NGL customers. This segment serves local distribution companies, end-use industrial and commercial customers, marketers, and exploration and production companies. Spectra s Field Services segment gathers, processes, treats, compresses, transports, and stores natural gas, as well as fractionates, transports, gathers, treats, processes, stores, markets, and trades NGLs. It owns or operates approximately 62,000 miles of gathering and transmission pipelines. This segment also markets propane in the northeastern United States. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas..

PPG Industries Inc (NYSE:PPG) - PPG Industries, Inc. manufactures and supplies protective and decorative coatings. The company offers coating products for automotive and commercial transport/fleet repair and refurbishing, specialty coatings for signs, and light industrial coatings; and sealants, coatings, technical cleaners, and transparencies for commercial, military, regional jet, general aviation aircraft, and transparent armor for military land vehicles. It also provides coatings and finishes for the protection of metals and structures to metal fabricators, and heavy duty maintenance contractors, as well as to ship, bridge, rail car, and shipping container manufacturers. In addition, the company sells industrial and automotive coatings to manufacturing companies; adhesives and sealants for the automotive industry; metal pretreatments and chemicals; and coatings and inks for aerosol, food, and beverage containers. Further, it supplies lenses, sun lenses, and optical lens materials; amorphous precipitated silicas for tire and battery separator markets; and Teslin substrate used in radio frequency identification tags and labels, e-passports, drivers licenses, and identification card applications. Additionally, the company offers chlor-alkali and derivative products, such as chlorine, caustic soda, vinyl chloride monomer, chlorinated solvents, calcium hypochlorite, ethylene dichloride, hydrochloric acid, and phosgene derivatives to manufacturing companies in the chemical processing, plastics, polyvinyl chloride, paper, minerals, metals, and water treatment industries. It also produces flat and continuous-strand fiber glasses for commercial and residential construction, wind energy, energy infrastructure, transportation, and electronics industries. PPG Industries sells its products through company-owned stores, home centers, paint dealers, and independent distributors, as well as directly to customers worldwide. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania..

Clearwire Corp (NASDAQ:CLWR) - Clearwire Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides fourth generation wireless broadband services in the United States. The company builds and operates mobile broadband networks that offer high-speed mobile Internet and residential Internet access services. It serves retail customers through its CLEAR brand. The company markets its products and services directly to consumers, as well as through cellular retailers, consumer electronics stores, satellite television dealers, and computer sales and repair stores; and through company-operated retail outlets. As of October 25, 2012, it had 1.4 million retail subscribers and 9.1 million wholesale subscribers. As of October 2012, Clearwire Corporation operates as s subsidiary of Sprint Nextel Corp..

SANDRIDGE ENERGY, INC. (NYSE:SD) - SandRidge Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an independent natural gas and oil company in the United States. The company engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas properties. Its Exploration and Production segment explores for, develops, and produces natural gas and oil reserves with focus on the Mid-Continent and Permian Basin. This segment also operates leasehold positions in the West Texas Overthrust (WTO), Gulf Coast, and Gulf of Mexico. The company s Drilling and Oil Field Services segment is involved in the contract drilling of oil and natural gas wells primarily in the west Texas region. This segment also offers oil field services, including providing pulling units, trucking, rental tools, location, and road construction and roustabout services. Its Midstream Gas Services segment engages in purchasing, gathering, treating, and selling natural gas in west Texas. As of December 31, 2011, its estimated proved reserves were 470.6 million barrels of oil equivalent, of which approximately 52% were oil. The company also had interests in 5,043 gross producing wells, as well as in approximately 2,695,000 gross acres under lease. In addition, it had 21 rigs drilling in the Mid-Continent and 15 rigs drilling in the Permian Basin. SandRidge Energy, Inc. is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma..

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