Stillwater Mining Co (swc) Most Bought Platinum Stock By Number Of Institutions

Dec. 27, 2010 - PRLog -- MFFAIS.com featured their Quarterly Platinum Industry Rundown. Mffais.com compiles the statistics from recent SEC filings by mutual funds and institutions to determine the positions taken and confidence in stocks by professional mutual fund managers and institutional investors.

Highlights included:

* Stillwater Mining Co (SWC) leads industry in number of funds buying shares 33.42% of industry buys

* Platmin Ltd (PPN.TO) had the highest overall confidence score (relation of funds buying versus fund selling)

* Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd (IMPUY) had second highest number of funds buying shares 16.42% of industry buys

* Platinum Group Metals Ltd (PLG) had the second highest overall confidence score (relation of funds buying versus fund selling)

* The top 30 moves by funds in the industry by value of trade shows:

a) 56.66% buys versus 43.33% sells
b) Lonmin Plc (LMI.L) buys were 40.00% of all activity, 70.58% of number of buys and 83.24% of value of buy trades
c) Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd (IMPUY) buys were 13.33% of all activity, 23.52% of number of buys and 11.06% of value of buy trades

*  When institutions own multiple industry stocks, the most bought industry stock was Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd (IMPUY)

*  When institutions own multiple industry stocks, the most sold industry stock was Lonmin Plc (LMI.L)


For details and the full report, including purchasing history and buying patterns, please visit http://www.mffais.com

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