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The company’s common stock is currently considered a 'penny stock' under SEC rules.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 13 Jan. 2025
Please know that my investment goals exclude high-risk investments such as penny stocks.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Now the shares are acting as a penny stock (symbol SAVEQ), changing hands at 15 cents a share Friday.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
This rare equity maneuver, at times, helped large firms, including GE and Citi, but typically just allows penny stocks to temporarily dodge capital market liquidity minimums via brief, artificial share price boosts.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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First Known Use
circa 1920, in the meaning defined above
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“Penny stock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penny%20stock. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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penny stock
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