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penny stock
noun
- common stock, usually highly speculative, selling for less than a dollar a share.
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Origin of penny stock1
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Then they sell when the price jumps and everyone else gets left holding basically a worthless penny stock.
Even before the GameStop stuff, you would have people posting videos about penny stocks where they would make all these outlandish claims, like Bill Gates is investing in this company or it’s about to get acquired by Amazon.
This was the heyday of penny-stock bucket shops and “pump and dump” tactics.
It may be Too Big To Fail, but shares have fallen below $5 again, nearing the so-called penny stock level.
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