BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. Top 6 Winning Stocks With Lowest Price Friction For March 17, 2009

Mar 18, 2009 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- STRA | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for March 17, 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 2,889 companies with "abnormal" market making, 4,357 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1,686 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top 6 companies with the largest dollar gain per share Tuesday and low price friction (bullish). This means that there was more buying than selling in the stocks and their stock prices rose faster with less Friction. Strayer Education (NASDAQ: STRA), Cephalon (NASDAQ: CEPH), Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS), Northern Trust Corp (NASDAQ: NTRS), Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and Apple Computer (NASDAQ: AAPL). 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

STRA $11.02 7.32% 577,696 54.25% 476,315 44.73% 101,381 92

CEPH $5.87 9.29% 1,628,817 48.61% 1,624,513 48.48% 4,304 7

GS $4.76 5.07% 8,801,300 37.74% 8,555,286 36.68% 246,014 517

NTRS $4.47 8.05% 2,226,325 55.48% 1,671,880 41.66% 554,445 1,240

AMZN $4.25 6.35% 6,022,833 50.61% 5,692,100 47.83% 330,733 778

AAPL $4.18 4.38% 14,689,153 52.30% 13,265,527 47.23% 1,423,626 3,406

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Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above have high net dollar gains (Change) and very low price friction 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 STRA with a dollar gain Tuesday of +$11.02 and a Friction Factor of 92 shares. That means that it only took 92 more shares of buying than selling to move STRA higher by one penny. The Market Makers are currently allowing the stock to rise quickly (low friction). The combination of low friction and positive market direction can drive prices higher much faster than normal.

Strayer Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: STRA), through its subsidiary, Strayer University, Inc., provides various academic programs in traditional classroom courses and online via the Internet. The company provides undergraduate and graduate degree programs in business administration, accounting, information technology, education, and public administration through 65 campuses in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. As of December 31, 2008, it had approximately 44,000 students enrolled in its various programs. The company was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

Cephalon, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEPH), a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of products for central nervous system, inflammatory disease, pain, and oncology therapeutic areas. Its products for central nervous system disorders include PROVIGIL for the treatment of excessive sleepiness associated with narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome, and shift work sleep disorder; NUVIGIL, a single-isomer formulation of modafinil; and GABITRIL for use as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial seizures in epileptic patients. The company's pain therapeutics portfolio comprises AMRIX for the relief of muscle spasm associated with acute painful musculoskeletal conditions; and FENTORA, EFFENTORA, ACTIQ, and generic OTFC products, which focus on treating breakthrough cancer pain in opioid-tolerant patients. Its products for oncology consist of TREANDA, a bi-functional hybrid cytotoxic; TRISENOX, an intravenous arsenic-based targeted therapy; CEP-701, an oral small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor; MYOCET, a cardio-protective chemotherapy agent to treat metastatic breast cancer; TARGRETIN for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; and ABELCET, an anti-fungal product for cancer patients. The company provides its products principally to wholesale drug distributors. It has collaboration agreements with Euroscreen s.a.; Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated; Psychogenics Inc.; and AMBIT Biosciences Inc. Cephalon, Inc. markets its products primarily in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Frazer, Pennsylvania.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS), together with its subsidiaries, provides various investment banking, securities, and investment management services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high-net-worth individuals worldwide. Its Investment Banking segment offers financial advisory services, including advisory assignments with respect to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense activities, restructurings, and spin-offs; and underwriting services, including equity underwriting and debt underwriting. The company's Trading and Principal Investments segment engages in market making in, trading of, and investing in commodities and commodity derivatives, including power generation and related activities; credit products, such as credit derivatives, investment-grade corporate securities, high-yield securities, bank and secured loans, municipal securities, emerging market and distressed debt, public and private equity securities, and real estate; currencies and currency derivatives; interest rate products consisting of interest rate derivatives and global government securities; money market instruments, including matched book positions; and mortgage-related securities and loan products. This segment also provides equity securities, derivative securities, futures, and options clearing services; market-making and specialist services in equity securities and options; and insurance services, as well as involves in principal investments activities. Its Asset Management and Securities Services segment offers various asset management services comprising investment advisory services, financial planning, and investment products; management of merchant banking funds; and securities services, such as prime brokerage, financing services, and securities lending. The company was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Northern Trust Corporation (NASDAQ: NTRS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) operates as the holding company for The Northern Trust Company that provides a range of banking and financial services to large and mid-sized corporations and financial institutions in the United States and internationally. It generates various deposit products, including demand and other noninterest bearing, savings, money market, savings certificates, and time deposit accounts. The company's loan portfolio comprises residential real estate, commercial real estate, commercial, and personal loans, as well as lease financing. It also provides asset servicing, asset management, and related services to corporate and public retirement funds, foundations, endowments, fund managers, insurance companies, and government funds, as well as offers foreign exchange services. In addition, the company offers personal trust, investment management, custody, and philanthropic services; financial consulting; guardianship and estate administration; qualified retirement plans; and private banking services focusing on high net worth individuals and families, business owners, executives, professionals, retirees, and established privately-held businesses. Further, it provides brokerage, securities lending, transition management, and related services. Northern Trust Corporation was founded in 1889 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) operates as an online retailer. The company operates various retail Web sites, including amazon.com, amazon.ca, amazon.de, amazon.fr, amazon.co.jp, amazon.co.uk, shopbop.com, endless.com, joyo.cn, and amazon.cn. It sources and sells a range of product categories, such as books; electronics and computers; toys, kids, and baby; sports and outdoors; movies, music, and games; home and garden; apparel, shoes, and jewelry; tools, auto, and industrial; digital downloads; grocery; and health and beauty. The company also offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on its Web sites; allow customers to shop for products owned by sellers; and allow individual customers to complete transactions that include multiple sellers in a single checkout process. Its solutions enable individuals, small businesses, and large branded businesses to offer their new and used products for sale on the company's Web sites. In addition, the company provides sellers with e-commerce expertise, technology, and operational infrastructure to enable e-commerce businesses operating under their own brand name and Web site address. Further, it provides access to technology infrastructure that developers could use to enable various types of businesses. Additionally, the company offers co-branded credit card programs, fulfillment-related services, and other marketing and promotional services, such as online advertising. It offers its products and services worldwide. Amazon.com, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) designs, manufactures, and sells personal computers, portable digital music players, and mobile communication devices, as well as related software, services, peripherals, and networking solutions worldwide. The company's products include desktop and notebook computers, server and storage products, and related devices and peripherals; Mac OS X operating system; and iLife, a suite of software for creation and management of digital photography, music, movies, DVDs, and Web site. In addition, it provides music products and services comprising iPod, portable digital music players and related accessories; online music services, third-party music, audio books, music videos, short films, television shows, movies, podcasts, and iPod games through its iTunes stores; and portable and desktop speaker systems, headphones, car radio solutions, voice recorders, cables and docks, power supplies and chargers, and carrying cases and armbands. Further, the company sells peripheral products, including printers, storage devices, computer memory, digital video, and still cameras, as well as various other computing products and supplies. Additionally, Apple, Inc. offers various software products and computer technologies comprising Mac OS X operating system software; server software and related solutions; professional application software; and consumer, education, and business oriented application software. The company also provides Internet software and services comprising Safari, a Web browser; QuickTime, a multimedia software; Mac, a suite of Internet services. In addition, it offers wireless connectivity and networking services. As of June 18, 2008, the company had 215 retail stores. Apple, Inc., formerly known as Apple Computer, Inc., was founded in 1976. The company is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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