BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. Top 6 Abnormal Price Friction Stocks For December 8, 2008

Dec 09, 2008 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- UPS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for December 8, 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 3,057 companies with "abnormal" market making, 4,590 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1,702 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top 6 companies with the Abnormal Price Friction (unfair market) in their stock prices. This means that there was more buying than selling in the stocks and their stock prices dropped. FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX), IberiaBank Corp (NASDAQ: IBKC), Cubist Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CBST), United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), McDonalds Corp (NYSE: MCD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and American Public Education (NASDAQ: APEI). 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

FDX -$7.46 -10.12% 1,576,819 46.19% 1,207,189 35.36% 369,630 abnormal

IBKC -$3.02 -5.94% 59,490 52.68% 53,442 47.32% 6,048 abnormal

CBST -$2.63 -9.75% 2,191,406 50.07% 2,119,283 48.42% 72,123 abnormal

UPS -$2.59 -4.48% 4,043,849 47.83% 3,348,999 39.61% 694,850 abnormal

MCD -$2.50 -3.99% 7,710,445 45.45% 6,829,468 40.26% 880,977 abnormal

APEI -$2.33 -5.52% 256,420 5 0.33% 246,316 48.34% 10,104 abnormal

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Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above had more buying than selling on Monday 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 FDX with 369,630 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down -$7.46. 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.

FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) provides transportation, e-commerce, and business services in the United States and internationally. It operates in four segments: FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight, and FedEx Services. The FedEx Express segment offers various shipping services for the delivery of packages and freight. This segment also provides international trade services specializing in customs brokerage and global cargo distribution; customs clearance services, as well as global trade data, an information tool that allows customers to track and manage imports; and international trade advisory services, including assistance with the customs-trade partnership against terrorism program. The FedEx Ground segment provides business and residential money-back-guaranteed ground package delivery services. The FedEx Freight segment offers less-than-truckload freight services; long-haul LTL freight services; and airfreight forwarding services between the United States and Puerto Rico. The FedEx Services segment provides sales, marketing, and information technology support, as well as customer service support; office and print services; document solutions and business services; and supply chain solutions. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.

IBERIABANK Corporation (NASDAQ: IBKC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) operates as the holding company for IBERIABANK that offers commercial and retail banking products and services in the United States. It primarily engages in generating deposits and originating loans. The companys deposit products primarily include NOW accounts, savings and money market accounts, and certificate of deposits. Its loan portfolio comprises consumer, commercial, and mortgage loans. The company also offers brokerage, title insurance, and loan closing services. As of December 31, 2007, it operated 150 combined offices, including 81 bank branch offices in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee; and 30 title insurance offices in Arkansas and Louisiana. The company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBST), a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the research, development, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products that address medical needs in the acute care environment in the Untied States, the European Union, Argentina, Canada, India, Israel, Korea, and Taiwan. The company focuses on developing products for the anti-infective marketplace. It offers CUBICIN, a once-daily, bactericidal, and intravenous antibiotic for the treatment of skin and skin structure infections, caused by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and other gram-positive bacteria, as well as for blood-stream infections, including right-sided infective endocarditis, caused by methicillin susceptible and methicillin resistant S. aureus. The company also engages in developing compounds for infections caused by resistant gram-negative pathogens. It has various anti-infective programs approaching the IND filing stage preparatory to clinical trials. The companys product pipeline includes pre-clinical programs that address medical needs in gram-positive infections, gram-negative infections, clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea, and hepatitis C infections. It has a development and supply agreement with Hospira Worldwide, Inc. Cubist Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts.

United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UBS), a package delivery company, provides transportation, logistics, and financial services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: U.S. Domestic Package, International Package, and Supply Chain and Freight. The U.S. Domestic Package segments operations include the delivery of letters, documents, and packages in the United States. The International Package segment provides air and ground delivery of small packages and letters to approximately 200 countries and territories worldwide, including shipments outside the United States and shipments with either origin or distribution outside the United States. It offers a portfolio of export and domestic services, as well as customs clearance service for various modes of transportation. The Supply Chain and Freight segment provides freight forwarding services and logistics services, including supply chain design and management, freight distribution, customs brokerage, mail, and consulting services. It also offers various less-than-truckload and truckload services in North America. In addition, United Parcel Service offers various technology solutions for automated shipping, visibility, and billing; and a portfolio of financial services that provides customers with short-term and long-term financing, secured lending, working capital, government guaranteed lending, letters of credit, trade financing, credit cards, and equipment leasing. As of December 31, 2007, the company operated a fleet of approximately 101,000 package cars, vans, tractors, and motorcycles, as well as utilized approximately 600 airplanes. The company was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD), together with its subsidiaries, franchises and operates McDonalds restaurants worldwide. Its restaurants offer various food items, and soft drinks and other beverages. The company also has a minority ownership interest in the U.K.-based Pret A Manger. As of December 31, 2007, McDonalds Corporation operated 31,377 restaurants in 118 countries, of which 20,505 were operated by franchisees; 3,966 were operated by affiliates; and 6,906 were operated by the company. The company was founded in 1948 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: APEI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is a provider of online post-secondary education focused primarily on serving the military and public service communities. The companys American Public University System (APUS) comprises two universities, American Military University (AMU) and American Public University (APU). APUS is regionally accredited and serves approximately 33,000 part-time students who live and work in all 50 states and approximately 100 countries. APUS offers 73 degree programs and 48 certificate programs in fields ranging from homeland security, military studies, intelligence, and criminal justice to technology, business administration, public health, and liberal arts. American Public Education, Inc., formerly known as American Military University, Inc., was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Charles Town, West Virginia.

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