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[The Rainmaker]

I realized an interesting thing on FRTL....there really aren't very many shares actually changing hands.

Market maker volume report shows less than 15 million shares of FRTL even traded over last 18 months. Most of the 30 million share float is held by people who bought FRTL up in the $1.00 plus range. Notice on pinksheets it says FRTL has over 800 shareholders. Very high for an inactive shell. This old chart shows FRTL trading much higher. Many of those shareholders will probably hold for much higher. They've held for 5-7 years don't expect them to suddenly start selling now. Some of those people might have written off FRTL back in 2001 and forgotten they even own it anymore.



This is the share volume reports for FRTL broken down by market maker. These totals are the total shares each market maker has traded, this includes both buys and sells. Incredibly thin....No market maker including UBSS has many shares to sell, here's why....

Total Share Volume for 2008 Broken Down by Market Maker

 
  NITE-Knight Equity Markets, L.P....................2,963,782        
  UBSS-UBS Securities LLC............................1,087,191      
  HDSN-Hudson Securities, Inc..........................596,435              
  ETRD-E*Trade Capital Markets LLC.....................608,980      
  DOMS-Domestic Securities, Inc........................661,145  
  FRAN-Wm. V. Frankel & Co., Inc.......................221,838              
  HILL-Hill, Thompson..................................111,620    
  VFIN-vFinance Investments, Inc........................11,802                
  AUTO-Automated Trading Desk............................1,200   
    
  Total Share Volume for 2007 Broken Down by Market Maker  
  NITE-Knight Equity Markets, L.P....................2,625,637          
  UBSS-UBS Securities LLC............................3,446,495      
  HDSN-Hudson Securities, Inc..........................228,842                      
  ETRD-E*Trade Capital Markets LLC...................1,231,817      
  DOMS-Domestic Securities, Inc........................ 95,225   
  FRAN-Wm. V. Frankel & Co., Inc.......................221,838             
  HILL-Hill, Thompson..................................268,790       
  VFIN-vFinance Investments, Inc........................57,470             
  AUTO-Automated Trading Desk............................5,050 
 

2008-The Rainmakers Moneymakers. stock symbol RAIN
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