penny stock
- common stock, usually highly speculative, selling for less than a dollar a share.
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Origin of penny stock
An Americanism dating back to 1930–35
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Contemporary Examples of penny stock
This was the heyday of penny-stock bucket shops and “pump and dump” tactics.
