Market Maker Surveillance Report. WIN, WFC, JPM, APPA, ABKFQ, FB, Highest Net Sell Volume and Negative Price Friction For Thur
March 28, 2013 / 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 3917 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3145 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2279 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the highest net sell volume on Thursday 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. Windstream Corp (NASDAQ:WIN), WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (NYSE:WFC), JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), A.P. Pharma Inc (OTC:APPA), AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC (OTC:ABKFQ), 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 WIN $-0.050 -0.63% 8,671,254 44.53% 10,799,119 55.46% -2,127,865 -425,573 WFC $-0.030 -0.08% 4,058,607 25.03% 6,830,701 42.13% -2,772,094 -924,031 JPM $-0.330 -0.69% 6,292,255 23.29% 10,428,485 38.60% -4,136,230 -125,340 APPA $-0.205 -35.34% 10,392,505 25.21% 15,248,809 36.98% -4,856,304 -236,893 ABKFQ $-0.095 -69.13% 24,267,782 47.67% 26,634,839 52.33% -2,367,057 -248,119 FB $-0.510 -1.95% 11,643,369 41.01% 16,349,518 57.59% -4,706,149 -92,277Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above have low price friction combined with more selling than buying (negative Net Volume) in their stocks. The Friction Factor displays how many more shares of buying than selling are required to move a stock higher by one cent or how many more shares of selling than buying moves a stock lower by 1 cent.
For example, the chart above shows WIN down $-0.05000 with a Friction Factor of -425,573 and a Net Volume of -2,127,865. That means that it takes 425,573 more shares of selling than buying to drop WIN by one penny. On Monday the Market Makers allowed the stock to move down on heavier selling than buying (low negative friction).
Windstream Corp (NASDAQ:WIN) - Windstream Corporation provides communications and technology solutions in the United States. The company offers managed services and cloud computing services to businesses, as well as broadband, voice, and video services to consumers primarily in rural markets. Its primary business service offerings include integrated voice and data services, multi-site networking, data center services, managed services, high-speed Internet, voice services, and carrier services. The company also sells and leases customized communications equipment systems tailored to business customers needs, as well as offers ongoing maintenance plans to support these systems. In addition, it provides consumer broadband services consisting of high-speed Internet access, Internet security services, and online backup services; and consumer voice services consisting of basic local telephone services, long-distance services, and features, including call waiting, caller identification, call forwarding, and others, as well as various long distance plans comprising rate plans based on minutes of use, and flexible or unlimited long distance calling services. Further, the company offers consumer video services; owns and operates cable television franchises; and provides switched access services to long-distance companies and other local exchange carriers for access to network. Additionally, it sells home phones to support voice services, as well as certain equipment to support high-speed Internet and voice offerings, including broadband modems, home networking gateways, and personal computers. As of December 31, 2012, the company s network consisted of approximately 115,000 of fiber optic plant in fiber backbone and local service areas. Windstream Corporation is based in Little Rock, Arkansas..
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (NYSE:WFC) - Wells Fargo & Company provides retail, commercial, and corporate banking services. The company's Community Banking segment offers deposits, such as checking accounts, savings deposits, market rate accounts, individual retirement accounts, time deposits, and debit cards; and loan products, including lines of credit, auto floor plan lines, equity lines and loans, equipment and transportation loans, education loans, residential mortgage loans, and credit cards. This segment also provides equipment leases, real estate and other commercial financing, small business administration financing, venture capital financing, cash management, payroll services, retirement plans, health savings accounts, credit cards, merchant payment processing, and private label financing solutions, as well as purchases retail installment contracts. Its Wholesale Banking segment offers commercial loans and lines of credit, letters of credit, asset-based lending, equipment leasing, international trade facilities, trade financing, collection services, foreign exchange, treasury management, investment management, institutional fixed-income sales, interest rate, commodity and equity risk management, online/electronic products, and investment banking services. This segment also provides construction loans, land acquisition and development loans, secured and unsecured lines of credit, interim financing arrangements, rehabilitation loans, affordable housing loans and letters of credit, permanent loans for securitization, commercial real estate loan servicing, and real estate and mortgage brokerage services. The company's Wealth, Brokerage, and Retirement segment offers financial advisory, wealth management, brokerage, retirement, trust, and reinsurance services. As of February 25, 2013, it provided services through approximately 9,000 stores, 12,000 ATMs, the Internet, and offices in approximately in 35 countries. The company was founded in 1852 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California..
JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) - JPMorgan Chase & Co., a financial holding company, provides various financial services worldwide. Its Investment Bank segment offers various investment banking products and services, including advising on corporate strategy and structure, capital-raising in equity and debt markets, risk management, market-making in cash securities and derivative instruments, prime brokerage, and research services for corporations, financial institutions, governments, and institutional investors. The company s Commercial Banking segment provides lending, treasury, investment banking, and asset management services to corporations, municipalities, financial institutions, and not-for-profit entities. Its Treasury and Securities Services segment offers cash management, trade, wholesale card, and liquidity products and services to small and mid-sized companies, multinational corporations, financial institutions, and government entities. This segment also holds, values, clears, and services securities, cash, and alternative investments for investors and broker-dealers; and manages depositary receipt programs. The company s Asset Management segment provides investment and wealth management services to institutions, retail investors, and high-net-worth individuals. This segment offers investment management in equities, fixed income, real estate, hedge funds, private equity, and liquidity products, as well as trust and estate, banking, and brokerage services to high-net-worth clients; and retirement services for corporations and individuals. Its Retail Financial Services segment offers consumer and business, and mortgage banking products and services that include checking and savings accounts, mortgages, home equity and business loans, and investments. The company s Card Services and Auto segment provides payment processing and merchant acquiring services. JPMorgan Chase & Co. was founded in 1823 and is headquartered in New York, New York..
A.P. Pharma Inc (OTC:APPA) - A.P. Pharma, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, engages in developing pharmaceutical products using its proprietary Biochronomer polymer-based drug delivery technology. Its Biochronomer technology consists of bioerodible polymers designed to release drugs over a defined period of time; and is applicable to a range of therapeutic areas, including prevention of nausea and vomiting, pain management, control of inflammation, and treatment of ophthalmic diseases. The company s lead product candidate is APF530, which completed a Phase III clinical trial for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. It has also submitted investigational new drug applications for two other product candidates, including APF112 for post-surgical pain relief; and APF580 that is designed to provide analgesia lasting at least seven days following a single injection. The company was formerly known as Advanced Polymer Systems, Inc. and changed its name to A.P. Pharma, Inc. in May 2001 to reflect its focus on pharmaceutical business. A.P. Pharma, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Redwood City, California..
AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC (OTC:ABKFQ) - Ambac Financial Group, Inc. does not have significant operations. Previously, it provided financial guarantee insurance for public and structured finance obligations; and financial and investment products, including investment agreements, funding conduits, interest rate swaps, and currency swaps for public and private sectors worldwide. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in New York, New York. On November 8, 2010, Ambac Financial Group, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York..
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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