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What Are Penny Stocks and Why Should You Invest?

In the U.S. financial markets, the term penny stock commonly refers to any stock trading outside one of the major exchanges (NYSE, NASDAQ, or AMEX), and is often considered pejorative. However, the official SEC definition of a penny stock is a low-priced, speculative security of a very small company, regardless of market capitalization or whether it trades on a securitized exchange (like NYSE or NASDAQ) or an "over the counter" listing service, such as the OTCBB or Pink Sheets. The terms penny stocks, microcap stocks, small caps, and nano caps are also all sometimes used interchangeably, however per the SEC definition, penny stock status is determined by share price, not market capitalization or listing service.

In the UK markets, penny stocks, or penny shares as they are more commonly called, generally refer to stocks and shares in small cap companies, defined as being companies with a market capitalization of less than 100 million and/or a share price of less than 1 with a bid/offer spread greater than 10%...In the UK Penny Shares are covered by a standard regulatory risk warning issued by the Financial Services Authority(FSA). In France, penny stocks generally refer to risky stocks with a price of less than 1 euro.