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Market Maker Surveillance Report. TBAC, SPIR, MNEL, NFSHF, OCLS, SED, Winning Stocks With Lowest Price Friction For Friday, Fe

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February 10, 2012 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Friday. 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 Friday there were 3734 companies with "abnormal" market making, 1805 companies with positive Friction Factors and 4137 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the largest percentage gain per share Friday 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. TANDY BRANDS ACCESSORIES INC (NASDAQ:TBAC), SPIRE CORP (NASDAQ:SPIR), MINNESOTA ELECTRS CO (NASDAQ:MNEL), NORTHERN OFFSHORE LTD (OTC:NFSHF), OCULUS INNOVATIVE SCIENCES I (NASDAQ:OCLS), (AMEX:SED). 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
     TBAC       $0.950       92.08%       372,104         51.92%       338,638         47.25%       33,466          352     
     SPIR       $0.380       36.89%       102,977         55.75%       80,521          43.60%       22,456          591     
     MNEL       $0.440       48.35%       1,667,793       57.25%       1,234,069       42.36%       433,724         9,857   
     NFSHF      $0.500       21.74%       273,000         35.01%       150,250         19.27%       122,750         2,455   
     OCLS       $0.260       28.71%       301,854         60.29%       198,197         39.58%       103,657         3,987   
     SED        $1.390       47.77%       63,252          21.95%       46,456          16.12%       16,796          121     

For example, the chart above shows TBAC with a dollar gain Friday of $0.95000 and a Friction Factor of 352 shares. That means that it only took 352 more shares of buying than selling to move TBAC 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.

TANDY BRANDS ACCESSORIES INC (NASDAQ:TBAC) - Tandy Brands Accessories, Inc. engages in the design and marketing of mens, womens, and childrens accessories in North America. Its product line includes casual, work, dress, and fashion belts; gifts, such as emergency kits, lights and radios, book lights, beverage mugs, and tie racks; small leather goods, including mens and womens wallets; eyewear; neckwear; and sporting goods. The company markets its merchandise under various licensed and proprietary brand names, including Totes, Wrangler, Dockers, Dr. Martens, Amity, Rolfs, Canterbury, Prince Gardner, and Surplus, as well as under various private brands for retail customers. Tandy Brands Accessories sells its products through various retail distribution channels, including mass merchants, national chain stores, department stores, mens and womens specialty stores, catalog retailers, grocery stores, drug stores, golf pro shops, sporting goods stores, and the retail exchange operations of the United States military. The company was founded in 1990 and is based in Arlington, Texas. Tandy Brands Accessories Inc. (NasdaqGM:TBAC) operates independently of Bombay Company Inc. as of January 08, 1991.

SPIRE CORP (NASDAQ:SPIR) - Spire Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of engineered products and services in the areas of PV solar, biomedical, and optoelectronics. The company offers specialized equipment for the production of terrestrial photovoltaic modules from solar cells; photovoltaic systems for application to powering buildings with connection to the utility grid; and photovoltaic materials. It also provides surface treatments to manufacturers of orthopedic and other medical devices; and performs sponsored research programs into practical applications of advanced biomedical and biophotonic technologies. In addition, Spire Corporation offers custom compound semiconductor foundry and fabrication services to customers involved in biomedical/biophotonic instruments, telecommunications, and defense applications. It also involves in compound semiconductor wafer growth, thin film and related device processing, and fabrication services. Further, the company provides materials testing services, as well as offers services in support of sponsored research into practical applications of optoelectronic technologies. It sells its products and services primarily through its independent sales representatives and distributors in the United States, Europe, north Africa, Asia, and rest of the world. Spire Corporation was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts.

MINNESOTA ELECTRS CO (NASDAQ:MNEL) - MINNESOTA ELECTRS CO

NORTHERN OFFSHORE LTD (OTC:NFSHF) - Northern Offshore, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides drilling and production services to the offshore oil and gas industry. It also provides rig management services in the offshore Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea. As of September 5, 2010, the companys fleet comprised one floating production facility and five drilling units. Its fleet operates in the North Sea, the Indian Ocean, offshore Russia, the Mediterranean Sea, and southeast Asia. Northern Offshore, Ltd. was founded in 2000 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

OCULUS INNOVATIVE SCIENCES I (NASDAQ:OCLS) - Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets tissue care products based on Microcyn platform technology to treat infections and enhance healing while reducing the need for antibiotics. Its Microcyn platform technology, a solution of electrically charged oxychlorine small molecules, treats various organisms that cause disease or pathogens, including viruses, fungi, spores, and antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in wounds, as well as Clostridium difficile. The company offers Microcyn-based products primarily through its Website, and various regional distributors principally in the United States, Europe, and Mexico. It sells its products to hospitals, physicians, and nurses; and other healthcare practitioners, who are the caregivers to patients being treated for acute or chronic wounds, as well as those patients undergoing surgical procedures. The company was formerly known as Micromed Laboratories, Inc. and changed its name to Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc. in August 2001. Oculus Innovative Sciences was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Petaluma, California.

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