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Market Maker Surveillance Report. GASS, BTUI, CPF, FRBK, RFMI, LF, Losing Stocks With Lowest Price Friction For Wednesday, Jan

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January 12, 2011 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Wednesday. Since October 2008 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 2508 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3279 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2028 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the largest percentage loss per share Wednesday and low price friction (bearish). This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices dropped faster with less Friction. STEALTHGAS INC (NASDAQ:GASS), BTU INTERNATIONAL INC (NASDAQ:BTUI), CENTRAL PACIFIC FINANCIAL CO (NYSE:CPF), REPUBLIC FIRST BANCORP INC (NASDAQ:FRBK), RF MONOLITHICS INC (NASDAQ:RFMI), LEAPFROG ENTERPRISES INC (NYSE:LF). 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       Percent      Buy Volume      Buy %%       Sell Volume     Sell %%      Net Volume      Friction
     GASS       $-0.600      -7.35%       69,325          41.36%       97,619          58.25%       -28,294         -472    
     BTUI       $-0.920      -7.39%       34,535          48.40%       36,711          51.45%       -2,176          -24     
     CPF        $-0.200      -8.16%       506,074         41.38%       641,640         52.47%       -135,566        -6,778  
     FRBK       $-0.310      -10.37%      47,946          34.16%       88,907          63.34%       -40,961         -1,321  
     RFMI       $-0.130      -6.73%       113,454         43.73%       139,375         53.72%       -25,921         -1,994  
     LF         $-1.210      -22.28%      3,467,696       43.17%       3,931,767       48.95%       -464,071        -3,835  

Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above have high net dollar losses (Change) and extremely 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 LF with a dollar loss Wednesday of $-1.21000 and a Friction Factor of -3,835 shares. That means that it only took 3,835 more shares of selling than buying to move LF lower by one penny. This means the Market Makers are allowing the stock to drop quickly (low friction). The combination of low friction and negative market direction can drive prices lower faster than normal.

STEALTHGAS INC (NASDAQ:GASS) - StealthGas Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership of a fleet of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers that provide international seaborne transportation services to LPG producers and users in Greece and internationally. It carries various petroleum and petrochemical gas products in liquefied form, including propane, butane, butadiene, isopropane, propylene, and vinyl chloride monomer, which are byproducts in the production of crude oil and natural gas. The company offers its services to producers of LPG products, such as national and other independent energy companies and energy traders; and industrial users of those products. It also charters product carriers that carry refined petroleum products comprising gasoline, diesel, fuel oil, and jet fuel, as well as edible oils and chemicals. As of June 15, 2009, StealthGas had a fleet of 39 LPG carriers with a carrying capacity of 173,499 cubic meters, as well as 2 product carriers with a capacity of 94,000 deadweight tones. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Kifisia, Greece.

BTU INTERNATIONAL INC (NASDAQ:BTUI) - BTU International, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, sale, and service of thermal processing systems used in various manufacturing processes primarily in the electronics and alternative energy industries. Its alternative energy products include solar processing equipment for silicon and thin film photovoltaics; rapid thermal processing furnaces for the solar cell metallization process; and walking beam and pusher systems for sintering nuclear fuel. The companys electronics products comprise thermal processing systems used in the solder reflow and curing stages of printed circuit board assembly; convection reflow systems; and wafer level and die level semiconductor packaging systems. Its products are used in various applications, such as solar cell manufacturing, nuclear fuel processing, printed circuit board assembly, and semiconductor packaging. The company serves multinational original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturing companies in the electronics, alternative energy, automotive, and other industries. BTU International, Inc. sells its products primarily through direct sales force and independent sales representatives worldwide. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in North Billerica, Massachusetts.

CENTRAL PACIFIC FINANCIAL CO (NYSE:CPF) - Central Pacific Financial Corp. operates as the bank holding company for Central Pacific Bank that provides commercial banking services to businesses, professionals, and individuals in Hawaii. The company offers various deposit products and services, including time and demand deposits, personal and business checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and time certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial loans, construction loans, commercial and residential mortgage loans, consumer loans, and commercial real estate loans. The company also provides various products and services consisting of debit cards, Internet banking, cash management services, travelers checks, safe deposit boxes, international banking services, night depository facilities, and wire transfers. In addition, it offers wealth management products and services, including non-deposit investment products, annuities, insurance, investment management, asset custody, and general consultation and planning services. As of March 16, 2010, it operated 37 branches and approximately 100 automated teller machines in Hawaii. The company was founded in 1954 and is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.

REPUBLIC FIRST BANCORP INC (NASDAQ:FRBK) - Republic First Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Republic First Bank that provides various commercial and consumer banking products and services for individuals, small and medium-sized businesses, executives, professionals, and professional organizations in the Greater Philadelphia and Delaware area. It offers various commercial and consumer deposit accounts, including checking accounts, interest-bearing demand accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, savings accounts, sweep accounts, lockbox services, and individual retirement accounts. The company also provides various loan and credit facilities to the businesses and residents, such as secured and unsecured commercial loans, commercial real estate and construction loans, residential mortgages, automobile loans, home improvement loans, home equity and overdraft lines of credit, and other products. As of December 31, 2009, it operated six Philadelphia offices and six suburban offices in Ardmore, Plymouth Meeting, Bala Cynwyd, and Abington of Montgomery County; Media of Delaware County; and Voorhees of southern New Jersey. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

RF MONOLITHICS INC (NASDAQ:RFMI) - RF Monolithics, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets wireless solutions and wireless components for various applications in the industrial, medical, automotive, consumer, and telecommunications markets in the United States and internationally. Its wireless solutions product line comprises RF module products, including proprietary, custom, and standard-based radio modules; and gateway and network bridge products to connect different network types. The companys wireless solutions product line also consists of Virtual Wire and RFIC short-range radio products, including proprietary hybrid transmitter, receiver, and transceiver modules; and various RFICs to complement the Virtual Wire product family comprising transmitters, receivers, and transceivers. RF Monolithics wireless components product line consists of filters for satellite radio, global positioning systems, and telecommunications base stations and repeaters, as well as includes RF filters and duplexers. Its wireless components product line also comprises frequency control products for analog and digital applications; crystal based products, such as multiple series of surface mound devices, including resonators, oscillators, filters, temperature compensated oscillators, and voltage controlled temperature compensated oscillators; low-power components, such as resonators used in low-power wireless transmitter and receiver applications. The company markets its products through manufacturers representatives and distributors in the United States; and markets its products internationally through manufacturers representatives acting as distributors, as well as through direct sales. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

LEAPFROG ENTERPRISES INC (NYSE:LF) - LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. provides technology-based educational platforms worldwide. The company offers reading solutions, such as the LeapPad learning system that includes basic vocabulary and reading concepts to preschool and kindergarten children; and Tag learning system, a pen-based reading system that focuses on fundamental reading skills and offers a library of interactive books. It also provides educational gaming products primarily for children; The Leapster Educational Gaming system, Leapster or classic Leapster, a handheld device with a multi-directional control pad and a touch-screen enabled by a built-in stylus; Leapster2 platform, which connects to the LeapFrog Learning Path; Didj Custom Gaming System, a Web-connected handheld device that allows for customization of curriculum and game play; and Crammer Study and Sound System, a hybrid music player and study device. In addition, the company offers the Fridge Series, a line of magnetic toys designed for preschoolers and kindergarteners that teaches letter names, letter sounds, and learning songs: the Learn and Groove Series, which features bilingual musical learning toys: and Pre-school Games, a line of fast-paced handheld learning games; and Clickstart and My First Computer that introduces computer and preschool skills by turning any TV into a childs first computer. Further, LeapFrog Enterprises provides the LeapFrog Learning Path, an online tool that helps parents track what their children are learning with its Web-connected products, such as Tag, Leapster2, and Didj. It sells its products directly to national and regional mass-market and specialty retailers; and other retail stores and school-related distributors and resellers through a combination of sales representatives, as well as through online store and other Internet-based channels. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Emeryville, California.

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