BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for May 26, 2009. Since late October 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 3,326 companies with "abnormal" market making 4,458 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1,502 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top 6 companies with the highest net sell volume on Tuesday 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. Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM), Fidelity National Financial (NYSE: FNF), E Trade Financial (NASDAQ: ETFC), Sara Lee Corp (NYSE: SLE), Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: OZRK) and Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE: HIG). 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 % BuyVol Buy% SellVol Sell% NetVol Friction
PM -$0.58 -1.36% 3,565,363 32.87% 5,243,893 48.35% -1,678,530 -28,940
FNF -$0.42 -3.03% 3,053,524 32.99% 4,422,618 47.78% -1,369,094 -32,597
ETFC -$0.06 -4.35% 10,042,257 47.54% 10,928,177 51.74% -885,920 -147,653
SLE -$0.15 -1.58% 3,052,799 37.32% 3,924,938 47.98% -872,139 -58,143
OZRK -$0.39 -1.49% 568,459 28.24% 1,420,320 70.56% -851,861 -21,843
HIG -$0.24 -1.60% 7,910,294 40.47% 8,630,561 44.16% -720,267 -30,011
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Analysis 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 PM down -$0.58 with a Friction Factor of -28,940 and a Net Volume of -1,678,530. That means that it takes 28,940 more shares of selling than buying to drop PM by one penny. On Tuesday the Market Makers allowed the stock to move down on heavier selling than buying (low negative friction).
Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE: PM) manufactures and sells cigarettes and other tobacco products in markets outside of the United States of America. The company's portfolio comprises international and local brands. Its primary international brands include Marlboro, Merit, Parliament, Virginia Slims, L&M, Chesterfield, Bond Street, Lark, Muratti, Next, Philip Morris, and Red & White. The company's local brands principally include A Mild, Dji Sam Soe, and A Hijau in Indonesia; Diana in Italy; Optima and Apollo-Soyuz in Russia; Morven Gold in Pakistan; Boston in Colombia; Belmont, Canadian Classics, and Number 7 in Canada; Best and Classic in Serbia; f6 in Germany; Delicados in Mexico; Assos in Greece; and Petra in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It operates primarily in the European Union, the Middle East and Africa, Asia, Canada, and Latin America. The company is based in New York, New York.
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF), through its subsidiaries, provides title insurance, specialty insurance, claims management, and information services in the United States. The company primarily provides title insurance, escrow, and other title related services, including collection and trust activities, trustee's sales guarantees, recordings, and reconveyances. It also offers flood, home warranty, homeowners', automobile, and personal lines insurance policies. In addition, the company provides outsourced insurance claims management services to corporate and public sector entities, as well as offers information services in the human resources, retail, and transportation markets. It markets and distributes title and escrow products and services to national residential mortgage lenders, real estate investment trusts, and developers in the residential and commercial market sectors of the real estate industry. The company markets its specialty insurance products through an in-house agency, independent agents, and brokers. Fidelity National Financial, Inc. is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC), through its subsidiaries, provides online brokerage and related products and services primarily to individual retail investors, under the brand name of E*TRADE Financial worldwide. It offers various brokerage products and services, including automated order placement and execution of the U.S. and international equities, currencies, futures, options, exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, and bonds. The company also provides quick transfer, wireless account access, extended hours trading, quotes, research, and advanced planning tools. Its banking products and services include checking, savings, sweep, money market, and certificates of deposit products. E*TRADE Financial primarily provides its services through its Web site at etrade.com, as well as through its network of customer service representatives, relationship managers, and investment advisors. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in New York, New York.
Sara Lee Corporation (NYSE: SLE) engages in the manufacture and marketing of a range of branded packaged meat products, fresh and frozen bakery products, roast and ground coffee, and household and body care products worldwide. Its packaged meat products include hot dogs and corn dogs, breakfast sausages and sandwiches, smoked and dinner sausages, premium deli and luncheon meats, bacon, and cooked and dry hams. The company sells these products under Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Jimmy Dean, Sara Lee, Bryan, State Fair, and Kahn's brands. It offers fresh and frozen baked products, which comprise bread, buns, bagels, rolls, muffins, specialty bread, frozen pies, cakes, cheesecakes, and other desserts under Sara Lee, Earth Grains, Grant's Farm, Colonial, Rainbo, Holsum, IronKids, Mother's, Sunbeam, Healthy Choice, Heiner's, Bimbo, CroustiPate, Ortiz, and BonGateaux brands. Sara Lee also provides roast, ground, and liquid coffee, cappuccinos, lattes, and teas under Douwe Egberts, Senseo, Maison du Cafe, Marcilla, Merrild, and Pickwick brands, as well as various sauces, dressings, and condiments. Further, the company offers household and body care products, such as soaps, shampoos, bath and shower products, deodorants, shaving creams, and toothpastes under Sanex, Duschdas, Radox, Monsavon, and Zendium brands; air care products, including air fresheners under the Ambi Pur brand; shoe care products comprising polishes, cleaners, and wax under the Kiwi brand; and insecticides under brands, such as Vapona, Catch, GoodKnight, Bloom, and Ridsect. It sells its products to mass retailers, supermarkets, mass merchandisers, distributors, restaurants, hospitals, warehouse clubs, national chains, and other large institutions through direct sales force and outside brokers. The company, formerly known as Consolidated Foods Corporation, was founded in 1939 and is based in Downers Grove, Illinois.
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (NASDAQ: OZRK) operates as the holding company for Bank of the Ozarks, which provides retail and commercial banking products and services. It offers deposit products and services, including checking, savings, money market, time deposit, and individual retirement accounts. The company also provides real estate loans, including loans secured by residential one to four family, non-farm and nonresidential, agricultural, construction and land development, and multifamily residential properties; consumer loans for the purchase of automobiles, household appliances, furniture, trailers, boats, and mobile homes; commercial and industrial loans, and leases, such as loans for commercial, industrial, and professional purposes, including loans to fund working capital requirements, and purchases of machinery and equipment; and agricultural loans for financing agricultural production, including loans to businesses or individuals engaged in the production of timber, poultry, livestock, or crops. It also provides mortgage lending and treasury management services, including wholesale lock box services and remote deposit capture services; trust and wealth management services, such as financial planning and money management for individuals and businesses, custodial services, retirement planning, real estate appraisals, credit-related life and disability insurance, ATMs, and telephone banking; and Internet banking, including on-line bill pay, debit cards, and safe deposit boxes. In addition, the company provides credit cards for consumers and businesses, merchant credit card transactions processing, and investment brokerage services. As of December 31, 2008, it had 65 banking offices in 34 communities throughout northern, western, and central Arkansas; 6 banking offices in Frisco, Lewisville, Dallas, and Texarkana, Texas; and a loan production office in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: HIG), through its subsidiaries, provides insurance and financial services in the United States and internationally. It engages in life, and property and casualty insurance businesses. The life insurance business comprises six segments: Retail Products Group (Retail), Retirement Plans, International and Institutional Solutions Group (Institutional), Individual Life, Group Benefits, and International. Retail segment offers variable and fixed market value adjusted annuities, retail mutual funds, 529 college savings plans, and Canadian and offshore investment products. Retirement Plans segment provides products and services to corporations and municipalities. Institutional segment offers institutional liability products and variable private placement life insurance, as well as mutual funds to institutional investors. Individual Life segment sells variable universal, whole, and term life products. Group Benefits segment offers group life, accident, and disability coverage. International segment provides investments, retirement savings, and other insurance and savings products in Japan, Brazil, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. The property and casualty insurance business includes five segments: Personal Lines, Small Commercial, Middle Market, Specialty Commercial, and Other Operations. Personal Lines segment offers automobile, homeowners', and home-based business coverage. Small Commercial segment provides standard commercial insurance coverage to small commercial businesses. Middle Market segment offers standard commercial insurance coverage to middle market commercial businesses. Specialty Commercial segment provides various property and casualty insurance products and services to large commercial clients. Other Operations segment comprises certain property and casualty insurance operations, including the company's asbestos and environmental exposures. The company was founded in 1810 and is headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut.
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