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| A '''chop stock''' is a company, usually trading trading on the ] or ] listing services, that is sold by unscrupulous stock brokers to unsuspecting retail customers at a considerable commission, often as high as 50%. The companies being promoted typically have few financial prospects and a large share float. Normally they share price will collapse when the promotion ends, leaving investors penniless. | |||
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| This scam differs from a ] in that the brokerages make money not by unloading their own shares at overvalued prices, but by marking up the stock's price before they sell it to the victimized investors. These shares are often acquired at a discount to the fair value, through Regulation S or Rule 144, and sold illegally in violation of the equity's lock-in period. | |||
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| *'''Penny Stock Information''' | |||
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