BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. Highest Net Sell Volume and Negative Price Friction Stocks For February 25, 2009

Feb 26, 2009 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) --
TGT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for February 25, 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 Wednesday there were 3,664 companies with "abnormal" market making, 1,889 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3,487 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top 6 companies with the highest net sell volume on Wednesday 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 | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), Target (NYSE: TGT), Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), Johnson and Johnson (NYSE: JNJ | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating). 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 -$0.10 -0.29% 8,728,744 33.16% 15,198,664 57.74% -6,469,920 -646,992

TGT -$0.24 -0.86% 9,017,326 31.98% 14,272,339 50.62% -5,255,013 -218,959

DOW -$0.45 -5.67% 9,065,830 34.47% 13,357,537 50.79% -4,291,707 -95,371

LVS -$0.37 -14.29% 12,016,094 39.81% 14,790,125 49.00% -2,774,031 -74,974

JNJ -$0.58 -1.06% 6,600,835 31.49% 9,357,823 44.65% -2,756,988 -47,534

CSCO -$0.23 -1.53% 27,105,233 48.26% 29,835,112 53.12% -2,729,879 -118,690

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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 DOW down -$0.45 with a Friction Factor of -95,371 and a Net Volume of -4,291,707. That means that it takes 95,371 more shares of selling than buying to drop DOW by one penny. On Wednesday the Market Makers allowed the stock to move down on heavier selling than buying (low negative friction).

Philip Morris International, Inc. (NYSE: PM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) engages in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products in markets outside the United States of America. Its portfolio comprises international and local brands. The company's primary international brands include Marlboro, L&M, Philip Morris, Chesterfield, Parliament, Lark, and Virginia Slims. Philip Morris International operates in the European Union, the Middle East and Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Its local brands principally include Bond Street in eastern Europe; Red & White in central Europe; A Hijau, A Mild, and Dji Sam Soe in Indonesia; Diana in Italy; Optima and Apollo-Soyuz in Russia; Morven Gold in Pakistan; Boston in Colombia; Best and Classic in Serbia; f6 in Germany; Delicados in Mexico; Assos in Greece; and Petra in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The company is based in New York, New York. Philip Morris International, Inc. operates independently of Altria Group, Inc., as of March 28, 2008.

Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) operates large-format general merchandise and food discount stores under the brand names of 'Target' and 'SuperTarget' in the United States. The company's stores offer an assortment of general merchandise, including consumables and commodities; electronics, entertainment, sporting goods, and toys; apparel and accessories; and home furnishings and decor, as well as a line of food items. It also sells merchandise under private-label brands, including Archer Farms, Boots & Barkley, Choxie, Circo, Durabuilt, Embark, Gilligan & O'Malley, Home and Bullseye Design, Kaori, Market Pantry, Merona, Playwonder, ProSpirit, Trutech, and Xhilaration. In addition, Target Corporation sells merchandise through programs, such as ClearRx, Global Bazaar, and GO International. Further, it sells merchandise under licensed brands, including C9 by Champion, Converse, Chefmate, Cherokee, Eddie Bauer, Fieldcrest, Genuine Kids by Osh Kosh, Isaac Mizrahi for Target, Kitchen Essentials by Calphalon, Liz Lange for Target, Michael Graves Design, Mossimo, Nick & Nora, Perfect Pieces by Victoria Hagan, Sean Conway, Simply Shabby Chic, Smith & Hawken, Sonia Kashuk, Thomas O'Brien, Waverly, and Woolrich. The company also operates in-store amenities comprising Food Avenue, Target Clinic, Target Pharmacy, and Target Photo; and leases or licenses departments, including Optical, Pizza Hut, Portrait Studio and Starbucks. As of July 27, 2008, Target Corporation operated 1,648 Target stores. It also operates an integrated online business, Target.com. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) engages in the manufacture and sale of chemicals, plastic materials, agricultural, and other specialized products and services worldwide. The company operates in six segments: Performance Plastics, Performance Chemicals, Agricultural Sciences, Basic Plastics, Basic Chemicals, and Hydrocarbons and Energy. The Performance Plastics segment provides automotive products, building solutions, epoxy resins, intermediates and specialty resins, polyurethanes and polyurethane systems, specialty plastics and elastomers, and technology licensing and catalyst products. The Performance Chemicals segment offers polymers, latex, and specialty chemicals. The Agricultural Sciences segment provides pest management, agricultural, and crop biotechnology products and solutions. The Basic Plastics segment offers polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene resins. The Basic Chemicals segment provides chemicals, such as acids, alcohols, caustic soda, chlorine, chloroform, and other chemicals; and ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol chemicals. The Hydrocarbons and Energy segment procures fuels, natural gas liquids, and crude oil-based raw materials, as well as supplies monomers, power, and steam. Its products include benzene; butadiene; butylene; cumene; ethylene; propylene; styrene; power, steam, and other utilities. The company also involves in the property and casualty insurance and reinsurance business through its Liana Limited subsidiaries. It serves various industries, including appliance; automotive; agricultural; building and construction; chemical processing; electronics; furniture; house wares; oil and gas; packaging; paints, coatings, and adhesives; personal care; pharmaceutical; processed foods; pulp and paper; textile and carpet; utilities; and water treatment industries. The Dow Chemical Company was founded in 1897 and is based in Midland, Michigan.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and its subsidiaries develop multi use integrated resorts worldwide. It owns the Venetian resort-hotel-casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada; and The Sands Macao Casino in Macao, the People's Republic of China (PRC). The company's casino resorts include hotels, exhibition and conference facilities, casinos, showrooms, shopping malls, spas, restaurants and entertainment facilities, expo and convention centers, and other attractions and amenities, as well as public common areas. It is also developing the Venetian Macao resort-hotel in Macao, the PRC; the Palazzo resort-hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Nevada; Sands Bethworks in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; and the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) engages in the research and development, manufacture, and sale of various products in the health care field worldwide. Its Consumer segment provides products used in baby care, skin care, oral care, wound care, and women's health care fields, as well as nutritional and over-the-counter pharmaceutical products under JOHNSON'S, AVEENO, CLEAN & CLEAR, NEUTROGENA, RoC, LUBRIDERM, LISTERINE, REACH, CAREFREE, STAYFREE, SPLENDA, TYLENOL, SUDAFED, ZYRTEC, MOTRIN IB, and PEPCID AC names. The company's Pharmaceutical segment offers products in various therapeutic areas, such as anti-infective, antipsychotic, cardiovascular, contraceptive, dermatology, gastrointestinal, hematology, immunology, neurology, oncology, pain management, urology, and virology. Its products include REMICADE, a biologic to treat Crohn's disease, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, ulcerative colitis, and used to treat rheumatoid arthritis; TOPAMAX, for adjunctive and monotherapy use in epilepsy, as well as for treating migraines; PROCRIT that stimulates red blood cell production; RISPERDAL oral, a medication to treat the symptoms of schizophrenia, bipolar mania, and irritability associated with autistic behavior in indicated patients; RISPERDAL CONSTA, an injectable, and INVEGATM Extended-Release tablets to treat schizophrenia; LEVAQUIN and FLOXIN, anti-infective products; CONCERTA, a product for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ACIPHEX/PARIET, a proton pump inhibitor; and DURAGESIC/Fentanyl Transdermal, a treatment for chronic pain. Johnson & Johnson's Medical Devices and Diagnostics segment offers circulatory disease management, orthopaedic joint reconstruction and spinal care and sports medicine, surgical care and women's health, minimally invasive surgical, blood glucose monitoring and insulin delivery, and diagnostic products, as well as disposable contact lenses. The company was founded in 1886 and is based in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking and other products relating to the communications and information technology industry worldwide. The company offers routers that interconnect IP networks and moving information between networks; switching systems, which provide connectivity to end users, workstations, and servers; application networking solutions to deploy and deliver business applications; home networking products, such as voice and data modems, network cards, media adapters, Internet video cameras, network storage, and USB adapters; and Cisco security solutions to protect information systems. It also provides storage area networking products that deliver connectivity between servers and storage systems; unified communication products, which integrate voice, video, data, and mobile applications on fixed and mobile networks; video systems, including digital set-top boxes and digital media technology products; and in-building and outdoor wireless networking products. Further, the company offers optical networking products, cable access, and service provider VoIP services. It provides its products and services through its direct sales force, systems integrators, service providers, resellers, distributors, and retail partners to large enterprises, public institutions, telecommunications companies, commercial businesses, and personal residences. Cisco Systems has strategic alliances with Accenture, Ltd.; AT&T, Inc.; BearingPoint, Inc.; Cap Gemini S.A.; Dell, Inc.; EMC Corporation; Fujitsu Limited; Hewlett-Packard Company; Intel Corporation; International Business Machines Corporation; Italtel SpA; Microsoft Corporation; Nokia; Nokia Siemens Networks; Oracle Corporation; Siemens AG; Sitronics Telecom Solutions, Czech Republic a.s.; Sprint Nextel Corporation; ThruPoint, Inc.; Wipro Limited; and Tata Consultancy Services. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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