penny shares

British  

plural noun

1. stock exchange securities with a low market price, esp less than 20p, enabling small investors to purchase a large number for a relatively small outlay

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Example Sentences

Big Tech and artificial intelligence, penny shares, retail-investor favorites, and crypto all dropped together.

From The Wall Street Journal

Penny shares are the purest expression of retail trading, bizarrely popular with small investors while ignored by professionals.

From The Wall Street Journal

So in the past they probably bought penny shares in Turkmenistan oil companies because, you know, they’re a dead-cert “ten bagger”.

From The Guardian

The penny shares lost 45% of their value, closing at 0.625p.

From The Guardian

Even today almost every San Francisco businessman has his favorite among the penny shares of the Mining Exchange.

From Time Magazine Archive