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Microcap stock fraud — The night singer of shares sold stock on the streets during the South Sea Bubble. Amsterdam, 1720. Microcap stock fraud is a form of securities fraud involving stocks of microcap companies, generally defined in the United States as those with a… … Wikipedia
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microcap — noun The stock of a public company with a market capitalization of roughly $300 million or less … Wiktionary
Russell Microcap Index — A capitalization weighted index of 2,000 small cap and micro cap stocks that captures the smallest 1,000 companies in the Russell 2000, plus 1,000 smaller U.S. based listed stocks. The broad index is designed to present an unbiased collection of… … Investment dictionary
Securities fraud — Securities fraud, also known as stock fraud and investment fraud, is a practice in which investors make purchase or sale decisions on the basis of false information, frequently resulting in losses, in violation of the securities laws. [… … Wikipedia
Market impact — In financial markets, market impact is the effect that a market participant has when it buys or sells an asset. It is the extent to which the buying or selling moves the price against the buyer or seller, i.e. upward when buying and downward when … Wikipedia
OTC Bulletin Board — The OTC Bulletin Board or OTCBB is an interdealer electronic quotation system in the United States that displays real time quotes, last sale prices, and volume information for many over the counter (OTC) equity securities that are not listed on… … Wikipedia
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Philip Abramo — (born 1945), aka The King Of Wall Street , is a caporegime in the New Jersey DeCavalcante crime family who was involved in security fraud and murder.Early yearsBorn in New York, Abramo is one of the very few Cosa Nostra mobsters to have attended… … Wikipedia
micro-cap — Ⅰ. micro cap UK US (also microcap) adjective [before noun] ► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET used to describe a company whose shares have a very small total value: »Below is a list of the top ten micro cap stocks. Ⅱ. micro cap UK US (also microcap) noun… … Financial and business terms
