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1. ''Investment - investment strategies - equities - listed equities.''


1.  
An ordinary equity share with a very low current market price.


''Pensions.''
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.


A pension arrangement under which benefits are paid out of revenues and no funding is set aside to meet future liabilities.


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.


2.


''Australia - tax.''
They are generally very high risk investments, and unsuitable for non-professional investors.


The Australian equivalent of the UK PAYE tax administration system.


2.  ''Investment - investment strategies - equities.''


3.  
Shares in very small companies, whose shares may have a very low market value per share.


Any other arrangement in which payments are made from time to time.


== See also ==
* [[Equity]]
* [[Financial Conduct Authority]]  (FCA)
* [[Ordinary shares]]
* [[Penny]]
* [[Penny stock]]
* [[Preference shares]]
* [[Share]]
* [[Stock]]
==External link==
*[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)]


== See also ==
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
* [[Australia]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
* [[Pay as you earn]] (PAYE)
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
* [[Unfunded scheme]]
[[Category:Investment]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
[[Category:Risk_reporting]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

Latest revision as of 16:09, 10 February 2022

1. Investment - investment strategies - equities - listed equities.

An ordinary equity share with a very low current market price.

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.


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.


They are generally very high risk investments, and unsuitable for non-professional investors.


2. Investment - investment strategies - equities.

Shares in very small companies, whose shares may have a very low market value per share.


See also


External link