In the U.S., penny stocks are high risk investments and new investors should be aware of the risks involved. These risks include limited liquidity, lack of financial reporting, and fraud.[5] Since a penny stock is a low-priced, speculative security of a very small company, regardless of 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%...[2] In the UK Penny Shares are covered by a standard regulatory risk warning issued by the Financial Services Authority(FSA)[3] In France, penny stocks generally refer to risky stocks with a price of less than £100 million and/or a share price of less than £100 million and/or a share price of less than £100 million and/or a share price of less than £100 million and/or a share price of less than 1 euro.[1] Penny stocks generally have market caps under $500M and are considered extremely speculative, particularly those that trade on low volumes over the counter. The Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved on 2006-11-21. ^ Gary Weiss. "Investors

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