https://wiki.treasurers.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Penny_sharesPenny shares - Revision history2026-08-11T09:16:03ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.40.0https://wiki.treasurers.org/w/index.php?title=Penny_shares&diff=37060&oldid=previmported>Doug Williamson: Create page - source - FCA - https://www.fca.org.uk/consumers/penny-shares2022-02-10T16:09:28Z<p>Create page - source - FCA - https://www.fca.org.uk/consumers/penny-shares</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>1. ''Investment - investment strategies - equities - listed equities.''<br />
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An ordinary equity share with a very low current market price.<br />
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A common threshold for classifying a share as a penny share in the UK is a maximum current market price of GBP 0.20 = 20 pence 1 per share.<br />
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Investing in such shares can be appealing to certain very naive investors, on the basis that the potential for large proportionate gains - for example a doubling of the value per share - could be considered more likely than for a stock with a higher current market price per share.<br />
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They are generally very high risk investments, and unsuitable for non-professional investors.<br />
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2. ''Investment - investment strategies - equities.''<br />
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Shares in very small companies, whose shares may have a very low market value per share.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Equity]]<br />
* [[Financial Conduct Authority]] (FCA)<br />
* [[Ordinary shares]]<br />
* [[Penny]]<br />
* [[Penny stock]]<br />
* [[Preference shares]]<br />
* [[Share]]<br />
* [[Stock]]<br />
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==External link==<br />
*[https://www.fca.org.uk/consumers/penny-shares Find out why you should be cautious about investing in penny shares or penny stocks - UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)]<br />
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