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Market Maker Surveillance Report. USB, NI, IVW, CF, NEAR, AMGP, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Thursday, May 4th 2017

^{Published on 2017-05-04 18:45:19 - WOPRAI}
 

May 4, 2017 / 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 5324 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2476 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3514 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. US Bancorp (NYSE:USB), NiSource Inc. (NYSE:NI), iShares S&P 500 Growth Index Fund (NYSE:IVW), CF Industries Holdings Inc. (NYSE:CF), iSh US ETF Tr Shs Short Maturity Bond ETF (NYSE:NEAR), (:AMGP). 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
  USB     $0.100    0.00%     1,263,163    20.22%    2,409,073    38.57%    -1,145,910   Abnormal
  NI      $0.040    0.00%     1,037,736    19.39%    2,372,136    44.33%    -1,334,400   Abnormal
  IVW     $0.030    0.00%     255,988      12.45%    1,476,432    71.79%    -1,220,444   Abnormal
  CF      $1.560    0.06%     3,345,947    22.45%    5,858,834    39.32%    -2,512,887   Abnormal
  NEAR    $0.010    0.00%     144,357      6.97%     1,827,987    88.29%    -1,683,630   Abnormal
  AMGP    $22.000   0.00%     1,602,330    11.60%    3,923,240    28.39%    -2,320,910   Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows USB with 1,145,910 greater shares of selling than buying (NetVol) and the stock price was up $0.10000. 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.

US Bancorp (NYSE:USB) - U.S. Bancorp, a financial services holding company, provides a range of financial services in the United States. It offers depository services, which include checking accounts, savings accounts, and time certificate contracts; and lending services, such as traditional credit products, as well as credit card services, leasing financing, import/export trade, asset-backed lending, agricultural finance, and other products. The company also provides ancillary services, including capital markets, treasury management, and receivable lock-box collection services to corporate customers; and a range of asset management and fiduciary services for individuals, estates, foundations, business corporations, and charitable organizations. In addition, the company offers investment and insurance products to its customers principally within its markets, as well as fund administration services to a range of mutual and other funds. Further, it provides corporate and purchasing card, and corporate trust services; and merchant processing services, as well as offers cash and investment management, ATM processing, mortgage banking, and brokerage and leasing services. The company serves individuals, businesses, institutional organizations, governmental entities, and other financial institutions. The company offers its services through a network of 3,106 banking offices primarily in the Midwest and West regions of the United States; and a network of 4,842 ATMs, as well as through on-line services and over mobile devices. U.S. Bancorp was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota..

NiSource Inc. (NYSE:NI) - NiSource Inc., an energy holding company, operates as a regulated natural gas and electric utility company in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Gas Distribution Operations and Electric Operations. It provides natural gas service and transportation to residential, commercial, and industrial customers; generates, transmits, and distributes electricity; and provides wholesale and transmission transaction services. The company serves approximately 3.4 million natural gas customers and 466,000 electricity customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Indiana, and Massachusetts. It also owns and operates three coal-fired electric generating stations with a net capability of 2,540 megawatts (MW), three gas-fired generating units with a net capability of 196 MW, and two hydroelectric generating plants with a net capability of 10 MW, as well as a combined cycle gas turbine plant with a capacity of 535 MW. The company was formerly known as NIPSCO Industries, Inc. and changed its name to NiSource Inc. in April 1999. NiSource Inc. was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana..

iShares S&P 500 Growth Index Fund (NYSE:IVW) - ISHARES S&P 500/BARG.

CF Industries Holdings Inc. (NYSE:CF) - CF Industries Holdings, Inc. manufactures and distributes nitrogen fertilizers and other nitrogen products worldwide. The company operates through Ammonia, Granular Urea, UAN, AN, Other, and Phosphate segments. Its principal nitrogen fertilizer products include ammonia, granular urea, urea ammonium nitrate, and ammonium nitrate. The company also offers diesel exhaust fluid, urea liquor, nitric acid, and aqua ammonia, as well as compound fertilizer products with nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. It offers products primarily to cooperatives, independent fertilizer distributors, farmers, and industrial users. CF Industries Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois..

iSh US ETF Tr Shs Short Maturity Bond ETF (NYSE:NEAR) - .

(:AMGP) - .

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