BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. Top 6 Losing Stocks With Lowest Price Friction For December 10, 2008

Dec 11, 2008 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- WBK | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for December 10, 2008. 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 3,204 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3,810 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2,097 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top 6 companies with the largest dollar 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. Axsys Tecnologies (NASDAQ: AXYS), Westpac Banking Corporation (NYSE: WBK), Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU), FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN), Dun and Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and Almost Family (NASDAQ: AFAM). 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

AXYS -$8.79 -13.14% 355,494 47.51% 380,291 50.83% -24,797 -28

WBK -$8.57 -13.64% 13,233 28.41% 17,465 37.49% -4,232 -5

BIDU -$5.18 -4.74% 2,858,385 48.19% 3,097,453 52.23% -239,068 -462

FCN -$4.27 -8.47% 1,153,799 41.72% 1,171,011 42.34% -17,212 -40

DNB -$3.52 -4.80% 257,912 37.37% 327,578 47.46% -69,666 -198

AFAM -$2.70 -5.51% 295,087 44.86% 350,142 53.23% -55,055 -204

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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 BIDU with a dollar loss Wednesday of -$5.18 and a Friction Factor of -462 shares. That means that it only took 462 more shares of selling than buying to move BIDU 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.

Axsys Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXYS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) designs and manufactures precision optical solutions for defense, aerospace, homeland security, and commercial applications. The company operates in two Segments, the Surveillance Systems Group and the Imaging Systems Group. The Surveillance Systems Group segment offers precise camera systems for deployment on ground, marine, and aerial vehicles. Its products are used in surveillance, reconnaissance, tracking, and targeting applications. The Imaging Systems Group segment manufactures and sells optical and motion control subsystems and components for deployment in integrated systems. Its products include visible and infrared lenses, scanning systems, laser positioners, long-range telescopes, stabilized sensor positioning systems, precision motion-control components, and imaging optics. The company sells its products to various government institutions, such as the U.S. Border Patrol, Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard, as well as defense contractors for integration into larger platforms. Axsys Technologies was incorporated in 1959 and is headquartered in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.

Westpac Banking Corporation (NYSE: WBK | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) provides various banking and financial services in Australia, New Zealand, and internationally. Its financial services include lending, deposit taking, payments services, investment portfolio management and advice, unit trust and superannuation fund management, insurance services, leasing, general finance, foreign exchange, and money market services. Its personal banking operations comprise provision of home loans; secured and unsecured personal loans; credit cards; various bank accounts, including savings accounts, day to day accounts, and term deposits; investment and superannuation products; various life, property, and causality insurance products; foreign exchange; travelers checks; private banking; premium wealth services; and financial advisory services. The companys business banking services include provision of business accounts, day to day transaction solutions, pay roll solutions, and various packaged solutions; short-term and long-term finance, equipment and insurance finance, credit check reports, invoice finance, and property finance; credit cards; merchant services; insurance for business assets; investment and superannuation products; advisory solutions; international trade and payments; and agriculture finance. Its corporate banking activities include solutions for foreign exchange, interest rate derivatives, commodity exposures, and fixed interest/debt securities; provision of capital, including equity, quasi-equity, loans, bonds, and securitization; transaction services; import and export trade banking; investments, including structured investments, managed investments, corporate superannuation, and socially responsible investments; and commercial cards, including purchasing cards and corporate cards. As of September 30, 2008, Westpac operated 1,089 branches and approximately 2,700 ATMs. The company, formerly known as the Bank of New South Wales, was founded in 1817 and is based in Sydney, Australia.

Baidu.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), through its subsidiaries, provides Chinese language Internet search services primarily in the People's Republic of China. The company offers a Chinese language search platform, which consists of Web sites and online application software; and Baidu Union, a network of third-party Web sites and software applications. Its products include Baidu Web Search that allows users to locate information, products, and services using Chinese language search terms; Baidu Post Bar and Baidu Knows, which provides users with a query-based searchable community; and Baidu News that provides links to local, national, and international news. The company also offers Baidu MP3 Search that provides algorithm-generated links to songs and other multimedia files; Baidu Image Search, which enables users to search various images on the Internet; Baidu Space to create personalized homepages in a query-based searchable community; Baidu Encyclopedia; and various online search products. In addition, it provides Baidu Desktop Search that enables users to search files without a Web browser; Baidu Sobar, which makes search function available on every Web page that a user browses; and Baidu Anti-Virus that provides anti-virus software products and computer virus-related news. Further, the company offers Japanese search services, including Web search, image search, video search, and blog search capabilities. Its services enable users to find relevant information online, including Web pages, news, images, and multimedia files. The company also offers online marketing services to its P4P and tailored solutions customers directly, as well as through its distribution network. It serves small and medium enterprises; corporations; and e-commerce, information technology services, consumer products, manufacturing, health care, entertainment, education, financial services, and real estate industries. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) provides consulting services to organizations confronting the legal, financial, and reputational issues worldwide. It offers advice and solutions in the areas of litigation, investigations, restructuring, bankruptcy, mergers and acquisitions, governmental regulation and legislation, economic analysis, reputation management, strategic communications, and the retrieval and management of electronically stored information. The companys Forensic and Litigation Consulting segment assists clients in various phases of investigation and litigation, including pre-filing, discovery, jury selection, trial preparation, expert testimony, and other trial support services. Its Corporate Finance/Restructuring segment offers consulting and advisory services relating to turnaround, performance improvement, lending solutions, financial and operational restructuring, restructuring advisory, mergers and acquisitions, transaction advisory, and interim management. The companys Economic Consulting segment delivers economic analysis and modeling of issues arising in mergers and acquisitions, antitrust litigation, commercial disputes, regulatory proceedings, and securities litigation. Its Technology segment provides products, services, and consulting to law firms, corporations, and government agencies; and focuses on the collection, preservation, review, and production of electronically stored information. The companys Strategic Communications segment offers advice and consulting services related to financial communications, brand communications, public affairs and reputation management, and business consulting. FTI Consulting serves automotive, telecommunications, healthcare, real estate and construction, energy and utilities, chemicals, commercial and investment banking, insurance, pharmaceuticals, retail, information technology, communications, and media and entertainment industries. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.

The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (NYSE: DNB | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) provides business information and tools in the United States and internationally. The company offers various solutions, including Risk Management Solutions, Sales and Marketing Solutions, Supply Management Solutions, and E-Business Solutions. Its Risk Management Solutions include business information report and self awareness solutions. The companys Sales and Marketing Solutions comprise customer data integration, which are a suite of solutions that cleanse, identify, and enrich customer information with its DUNSRight quality process; direct marketing lists, which enables its customers to create an accurate and comprehensive marketing campaign. Its E-Business Solutions consist of subscription solutions, advertising and e-marketing products, and handbook series. D&Bs Supply Management Solutions include supply data services, which provide data content and professional services to remove duplicate records and file fragmentation; Supplier Qualifier Report, which enables its customers to understand risk in their supply base by providing business profile on an individual supplier; Supply On-Ramp, a Web-based solution that enables customers to standardize their supplier registration and evaluation process; and DNBi supply management solution, which is an interactive, Web-based supply risk management solution that enables its customers to monitor, assess, and mitigate risk in order to manage their supply base and make decisions that ensure continuous delivery of supplier goods. The companys customers include manufacturers and wholesalers, insurance and telecommunication companies, banks, and credit and financial institutions. It delivers its solutions through the Web and other electronic methods, including desktop and enterprise application software, as well as through third-party resellers and enterprise software vendors. D&B was founded in 2000 and is based in Short Hills, New Jersey. Dun & Bradstreet Corp. operates independently of Moody's Corp. as of September 30, 2000.

Almost Family, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFAM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and its subsidiaries provide home health care services in Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Alabama, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, the United States. It operates in two segments, Visiting Nurse (VN) and Personal Care (PC). The VN segment, which operates primarily under the trade names Caretenders and Mederi-Caretenders, provides a range of Medicare-certified home health nursing services to patients in need of recuperative care, typically following a period of hospitalization or care in another type of inpatient facility. It also offers specialty programs based on local needs, such as its Cardiocare Program, Orthopedic Program, Urology Program, Optimum Balance Program, and Telehealth Monitoring Program. The PC segment, which operates under the trade name Almost Family, provides services in patients' homes on an as-needed, hourly, or live-in basis. These services include personal care, medication management, meal preparation, caregiver respite, and homemaking. It offers these services to patients, who are admitted to skilled nursing facilities for long term custodial care. As of December 31, 2007, Almost Family operated 33 Medicare-certified home health agencies with 51 locations and 22 personal care locations. The company, formerly known as Caretenders HealthCorp., was founded in 1985. It changed its name to Almost Family, Inc. in 2000. The company is based in Louisville, Kentucky.

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