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speculator::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | plunger |
| Type of | gambler, adventurer, venturer |
| Has types | scalper, hedger, venture capitalist, operator |
| Derivation | speculate |
speculator::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | thinker |
| Derivation | speculate |
Examples of speculator
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Boesky was a stock speculator who pleaded guilty and served two years in prison.
From the kansas.com
She received a call from a short sale speculator offering $389,000 for the home.
From the washingtontimes.com
Which brings to mind why no currency speculator has yet dared to attack the Yuan.
From the forbes.com
These were cars with more than a whiff of the yuppie era speculator about them.
From the telegraph.co.uk
What has transformed a speculator into a saint is his habit of giving money away.
From the economist.com
Many-a-speculator snapped up call options that expire at the end of this week.
From the forbes.com
To me it seems much of the expectation is media and speculator generated spin.
From the guardian.co.uk
When the farmer is selling the market, he's passing his risk on to the speculator.
From the kansas.com
A speculator bought the house in 1966, and subdivided the property into four lots.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
- Someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
- In finance, speculation is a financial action that does not promise safety of the initial investment along with the return on the .Graham, Benjamin, and David Dodd (1951). Security Analysis. McGraw-Hill Book Company. ISBN 0071448209. ...
- One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principle for the potential of substantial returns
- (Speculators) People who buy (or sell) commodities or financial assets with the intention of profiting by selling them (or buying them back) at a later date at a higher (lower) price.
- (Speculators) Those who use options to take on risk and the potential gains/losses associated with that risk.
- (speculators) people who receive all the blame for the destructive nature of government policies because they attempt to protect themselves by profiting from them
- A market participant who tries to profit from buying and selling futures and options contracts by anticipating future price movements. Speculators assume market price risk and add liquidity and capital to the futures markets.
- In commodity futures, an individual who does not hedge, but who trades with the objective of achieving profits through the successful anticipation of price movements.
