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Market Maker Surveillance Report. EWZ, BBD, PBR, CSCO, ASNA, ABEV, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Thursday, May 18th 2017

May 18, 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 5376 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2931 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2866 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. iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund (NYSE:EWZ), Banco Bradesco S.A. (NYSE:BBD), Petrobras - Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE:PBR), Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Ascena Retail Group Inc. (NASDAQ:ASNA), Ambev S.A. (NYSE:ABEV). 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
  EWZ     $-6.320   -0.16%    51,682,835   30.98%    44,433,546   26.64%    7,249,289    Abnormal
  BBD     $-1.910   -0.19%    21,010,107   36.36%    15,706,027   27.18%    5,304,080    Abnormal
  PBR     $-1.730   -0.17%    59,271,737   39.60%    48,501,237   32.40%    10,770,500   Abnormal
  CSCO    $-2.310   -0.07%    32,117,056   37.92%    25,223,667   29.78%    6,893,389    Abnormal
  ASNA    $-0.720   -0.26%    14,871,073   47.32%    9,620,715    30.61%    5,250,358    Abnormal
  ABEV    $-0.800   -0.13%    28,527,771   36.28%    21,785,081   27.70%    6,742,690    Abnormal

Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above had more buying than selling on Thursday and their stock prices dropped. 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 EWZ with 7,249,289 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-6.32000. 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.

iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund (NYSE:EWZ) - ISHARE MSCI BRAZI.

Banco Bradesco S.A. (NYSE:BBD) - Banco Bradesco S.A. provides banking and financial products and services to individuals, companies, and corporations and institutions. The company operates through two segments, Banking; and Insurance, Pension Plans and Capitalization Bond. It accepts various deposit products, such as demand and time deposits, checking and savings accounts, interbank deposits from financial institutions, and accounts for salary purposes. The company also offers loans comprising personal and short-term loans, vehicle financing, overdraft loans, and payroll-deductible loans; housing loans; and government-funded long-term loans, such as BNDES onlending/FINAME. In addition, it offers other corporate loans and advances, such as short-term loans; working capital loans; corporate overdraft loans; discounting trade receivables, promissory notes, checks, credit card and supplier receivables, etc.; financing for purchase and sale of goods and services; investment lines for acquisition of assets and machinery; rural loans; and microcredit to low-income individuals and small companies. Further, the company provides life and personal accident, health, automobile, property, casualty, and liability insurance products, as well as insurance against miscellaneous events; reinsurance products; pension plans; and capitalization bonds. Additionally, it offers credit, debit, and pre-paid cards; cash management solutions; public authority solutions; asset management services; services related to capital markets and investment banking activities; intermediation and trading services; capital markets solutions; international banking services; import and export financing; consortiums; and receipts and payments solutions. As of December 31, 2015, the company operated through a network of 4,507 branches, 4,247 service centers and electronic in-company service centers, and 31,527 ATMs in Brazil; and 3 branches internationally. Banco Bradesco S.A. was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Osasco, Brazil..

Petrobras - Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE:PBR) - Petr leo Brasileiro S.A. Petrobras operates as an integrated energy company in Brazil and internationally. Its Exploration and Production segment engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas; and sale of crude oil and oil products produced at natural gas processing plants in domestic and foreign markets. The company s Refining, Transportation and Marketing segment is involved in the refining, logistics, transport, and trading of crude oil and oil products, as well as exports ethanol and invests in petrochemical companies. This segment also engages in the extraction and processing of shale. The company s Gas and Power segment engages in the transportation and trade of natural gas and liquid natural gas; generation and trade of electricity; holding interests in natural gas transportation and distribution, and thermoelectric power plants; and fertilizer business. Its Biofuels segment is involved in the production of biodiesel and its co-products, as well as in the investment, production, and trading of ethanol, sugar, and the electric power generated from sugarcane bagasse. The company s Distribution segment distributes oil products, ethanol, and vehicle natural gas in Brazil to retail, commercial, and industrial customers, as well as other fuel wholesalers. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil..

Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) - Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol (IP) based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry worldwide. It provides switching products, including fixed-configuration and modular switches, and storage products that provide connectivity to end users, workstations, IP phones, wireless access points, and servers; and next-generation network routing products that interconnect public and private wireline and mobile networks for mobile, data, voice, and video applications. The company also offers service provider video infrastructure, including set-top boxes, cable/telecommunications access products, and cable modems; and video software and solutions. In addition, it provides collaboration products comprising unified communications products, conferencing products, collaboration endpoints, and business messaging products; data center products, such as blade and rack servers, modular servers, fabric interconnects, software, and server access virtualization solutions; security products, including network and data center security, advanced threat protection, Web and email security, access and policy, unified threat management, and advisory, integration, and managed services; and other products, such as emerging technologies and other networking products. Further, the company offers wireless products consisting of wireless access points; network managed services; and standalone, switch-converged, and cloud managed solutions. Additionally, it provides technical support services and advanced services. The company serves businesses of various sizes, public institutions, governments, and communications service providers. Cisco Systems, Inc. sells its products directly, as well as through channel partners, such as systems integrators, service providers, other resellers, and distributors. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, California..

Ascena Retail Group Inc. (NASDAQ:ASNA) - Ascena Retail Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty retailer of apparel, shoes, and accessories for women and tween girls in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. The company operates through six segments: ANN, Justice, Lane Bryant, maurices, dressbarn, and Catherines. It creates, designs, and develops a range of merchandise, including apparel, accessories, footwear, and intimates; lifestyle products comprising cosmetics, bedroom furnishings, and electronics; and wear-to-work, casual sportswear, footwear, and social occasion apparel. The company also offers casual clothing, career wear, dressy apparel, and active wear, as well as special occasion and classic apparel. Its principal brands comprise ANN TAYLOR, LOFT, ANN TAYLOR LOFT, LOU & GREY, JUSTICE, LANE BRYANT, LANE BRYANT OUTLET, CACIQUE, RIGHT FIT, MAURICES, DRESSBARN, CATHERINES, CATHERINES PLUS SIZES, MAGGIE BARNES, LIZ&ME, SERENADA, DRESSBAR, 6th & LANE, and MAURICES IN MOTION. As of July 30, 2016, the company operated approximately 4,900 stores. It also offers its products through its Websites, including anntaylor.com, LOFT.com, louandgrey.com, shopjustice.com, lanebryant.com, cacique.com, maurices.com, dressbarn.com, and catherines.com. The company was formerly known as Dress Barn, Inc. and changed its name to Ascena Retail Group, Inc. in January 2011. Ascena Retail Group, Inc. was founded in 1962 and is based in Mahwah, New Jersey..

Ambev S.A. (NYSE:ABEV) - .

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