BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. Highest Net Sell Volume and Negative Price Friction Stocks For November 24, 2008

Nov 25, 2008 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- PFFB | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for November 24, 2008. 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 Monday there were 2,768 companies with "abnormal" market making, 5,072 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1,519 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top 6 companies with the highest net sell volume on Monday 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. Avon Products (NYSE: AVP), Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT), NovaGold Resources (AMEX: NG), PFF Bancorp (OTCBB: PFFB), Ashland (NYSE: ASH | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and Invacare (NYSE: IVC). 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

AVP -$0.22 -1.12% 4,032,395 36.64% 6,369,220 57.87% -2,336,825 -106,219

ABT -$0.74 -1.44% 5,266,202 36.36% 7,463,323 51.53% -2,197,121 -29,691

NG -$1.12 -65.88% 9,183,865 45.28% 10,925,492 53.87% -1,741,627 -15,550

PFFB -$0.35 -96.67% 5,047,636 46.67% 6,157,556 56.93% -1,109,920 -31,894

ASH -$1.22 -11.19% 1,496,641 35.01% 2,367,698 55.38% -871,057 -7,140

IVC -$0.80 -5.33% 228,813 17.82% 1,010,893 78.73% -782,080 -9,776

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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 ASH down -$1.22 with a Friction Factor of -7,140 and a Net Volume of -871,057. That means that it only takes 7,140 more shares of selling than buying to drop ASH by one penny. On Monday, the Market Makers allowed the stock to move down quickly on much heavier selling than buying (low negative friction).

Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE:AVP) engages in the manufacture and marketing of beauty and related products worldwide. Its product categories include Beauty, which consists of cosmetics, fragrances, skin care, and toiletries; Beauty Plus, which include fashion jewelry, watches, apparel, and accessories; and Beyond Beauty that consists of home products, and gift and decorative products. Avon Products markets its products through direct selling and independent representatives, as well as through distributorships. The company was founded in 1886 and is based in New York, New York.

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of health care products worldwide. It operates in four segments: Pharmaceutical Products, Diagnostic Products, Nutritional Products, and Vascular Products. The Pharmaceutical Products segment offers adult and pediatric pharmaceuticals for the treatment of dyslipidemia, cholesterol, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, hypothyroidism, obesity, HIV infection, epilepsy and bipolar disorder, migraines, prostate cancer, endometriosis and central precocious puberty, anemia, duodenal ulcers, gastric ulcers, erosive esophagitis, and gastroesophageal reflux diseases. The Diagnostic Products segment provides diagnostic systems and tests for blood banks, hospitals, commercial laboratories, physicians offices, alternate-care testing sites, and plasma protein therapeutic companies. This segments products include immunoassay systems; chemistry systems; assays for screening and diagnosis for drugs of abuse, cancer, therapeutic drug monitoring, fertility, physiological diseases, and infectious diseases, such as hepatitis and HIV; genomic-based tests; hematology systems and reagents; and point-of-care diagnostic systems and tests for blood analysis. The Nutritional Products segment offers pediatric and adult nutritional products through its own distribution centers or public warehouses to retailers, wholesalers, health care facilities, and government agencies. The Vascular Products segment provides a line of coronary, endovascular, and vessel closure devices for the treatment of vascular diseases. It also offers blood glucose monitoring meters, test strips, data management software, and accessories for people with diabetes. Abbott has a 50% owned joint venture with TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc.; a strategic alliance with Celera Group; and a collaboration with Genentech, Inc. to develop anti-cancer compounds. The company was founded in 1888 and is based in Abbott Park, Illinois.

NovaGold Resources, Inc. (AMEX: NG), through its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and development of gold and copper properties in Alaska and British Columbia. The company owns interest in the Donlin Creek gold project in southwestern Alaska; a 50% interest in the Galore Creek copper-gold-silver project in British Columbia; and a 100% interest in the Grace claims located in northwestern British Columbia. It also owns a 100% interest in the Nome Gold property, which comprises Rock Creek, Big Hurrah, and Nome Gold projects located near the town of Nome, Alaska. In addition, NovaGold Resources has an option to acquire a 51% joint venture interest in the Ambler property with copper, zinc, gold, silver, and lead deposits located in northern Alaska. Further, the company operates hydroelectric projects located in British Columbia; and engages in the sale of sand, gravel, and land. The company was founded in 1984. It was formerly known as NovaCan Mining Resources (l985) Limited and changed its name to NovaGold Resources, Inc. in 1987. NovaGold Resources is based in Vancouver, Canada.

PFF Bancorp, Inc. (OTCBB: PFFB | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) operates as a holding company for PFF Bank & Trust that provides community banking services to individuals and companies in Southern California. Its deposit products include passbook accounts, interest-bearing and non-interest bearing demand accounts, time and savings deposits, money market savings accounts, and variable-rate and step-up certificate accounts. The companys portfolio of loans include residential tract construction and land loans, commercial real estate loans, real estate equity based consumer loans, one-to-four family residential mortgage loans, multi-family residential and mortgage loans, and commercial business loans. As of March 31, 2008, it operated 38 full service banking branch offices in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, and northern Orange counties. The company, through its other subsidiaries, provides wealth management and advisory services to high net worth individuals and businesses; and provides financing and consulting services to home builders and land developers. It also offers financing services, including real estate consulting, property entitlement, surety bond placement, loan and equity placement, and opportunity and mezzanine lending to home builders, commercial property owners, and land developers; and investment and asset management services to individuals and institutions, such as foundations and endowments, pension plans, and charitable organizations. In addition, the company sells various personal and business insurance policies, fixed and variable annuities, and mutual funds; provides cash management; owns business trusts for the purpose of issuing capital securities; and engages in real estate brokerage and property management activities. PFF Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Rancho Cucamonga, California.

Ashland, Inc. (NYSE: ASH | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) provides various products and services in the United States and internationally. It operates in four segments: Ashland Distribution, Ashland Performance Materials, Valvoline, and Ashland Water Technologies. The Ashland Distribution segment distributes chemicals, plastics, and composite raw materials in North America, as well as plastics in Europe. It also provides environmental services, including hazardous and non-hazardous waste collection, recovery, recycling, and disposal services. The Ashland Performance Materials segment engages in the manufacture and supply of specialty chemicals and services to the building and construction, packaging and converting, transportation, marine, and metal casting industries. It also offers metal casting consumables and design services; unsaturated polyester and vinyl ester resins, and gelcoats; and adhesives and specialty resins. The Valvoline segment involves in the production and marketing of packaged automotive lubricants, chemicals, appearance products, antifreeze, and filters for the private passenger car, light truck, and heavy duty markets. It also operates in the oil change business through various outlets operating under the Valvoline Instant Oil Change brand name. The Ashland Water Technologies segment supplies chemical and non-chemical water treatment solutions for industrial, municipal, and commercial facilities. It provides industrial, commercial, and institutional water treatments; wastewater treatment; paint and coating additives; pulp and paper processing; and mining chemistries. This segment also offers boiler and cooling water treatments; fuel treatments; welding, refrigerant, and sealing products; and fire fighting, safety, and rescue products and services for the merchant marine industry. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Covington, Kentucky with additional offices in Dublin, Ohio; and Lexington and Russell, Kentucky.

Invacare Corporation (NYSE: IVC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) engages in the design, manufacture, and distribution of medical equipment for the non-acute health care markets, including the home health care, retail, and extended care markets. It offers rehab, standard, respiratory, institutional, and other products. The companys rehab products include power wheelchairs, custom manual wheelchairs, personal mobility, and seating and positioning products. Invacares standard products include manual wheelchairs, home care beds, patient transport, personal care, and low air loss therapy products. Its respiratory products include oxygen concentrators, oxygen transfilling systems, sleep apnea products, aerosol therapy, and other respiratory products. Invacares institutional products comprise health care furnishings, including beds, case goods, and patient handling equipment for the long-term care markets; specialty clinical recliners for dialysis and oncology clinics; and other home medical equipment and accessory products. Its other products include accessory products, such as spare parts, wheelchair cushions, arm rests, wheels, and respiratory parts. The company also distributes a line of medical supplies, including ostomy, incontinence, diabetic, wound care, urology, and miscellaneous home medical products, as well as home medical equipment aids for daily living. It sells its products principally to approximately 25,000 home health care and medical equipment providers, distributors, and government locations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and Asia through its sales force, telesales associates, and various organizations of independent manufacturers representatives and distributors. Invacare was founded in 1885 and is based in Elyria, Ohio.

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