Look up: speculation

1. speculation
   See turnover buying.
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2. Speculation
   The act of taking action in anticipation of an event taking place, e.g. buying dollars in anticipation that their foreign exchange value will rise, selling shares in anticipation of a fall in their prices and possibly with a view to buying them back later
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3. speculation
   [Noun] Thinking, or wondering about something that you don't know the answer to.
   Example: The football manager's resignation caused a lot of speculation about who would replace him.
   See also: speculate
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4. speculation
   [n] - an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits 2. [n] - a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
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5. Speculation
   The buying and/or selling of securities, commodities, currencies etc with a view to making... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/speculation.htm?id=1346&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of speculation'>more</a>
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6. speculation
   dealing in a commodity or financial asset with a view to obtaining a profit on the prospective change in the market value of the item in question; buying and selling of securities or commodities for profit Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs
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7. Speculation
   The process of selecting a high-risk investment to profit from an anticipated price movement.
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8. Speculation
   Spec`u·la'tion noun [ Latin speculatio a spying out, observation: confer French spéculation .] 1. The act of speculating. Specifically: -- (a) Examination by the eye; view. [ Obsolete] (b) Mental view of anything ...
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9. speculation
   conjecture noun a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); `speculations about the outcome of the election`; `he dismissed it as mere conjecture`
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10. speculation
    venture noun an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits; `he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it`
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11. Speculation
    • (n.) A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; view; notion; conjecture. • (n.) Examination by the eye; view. • (n.) The act of speculating. • (n.) A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting ...
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12. speculation
    (from the article `commodity trade`) The great bulk of commodity trading is in contracts for future delivery. The purpose of trading in futures is either to insure against the risk of ... The movements so far considered are of a precautionary nature. It is sometimes suggested, when there is a big movement of funds out of a currency, ......
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13. Speculation
    Purchasing risky investments that present the possibility of large profits, but also pose a higher-than-average possibility of loss. A profitable strategy over the long term if undertaken by professionals who hedge their portfolios to control the amount of risk.
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14. Speculation
    The act of investing in risky securities. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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15. Speculation
    The purchase or sale of an asset (or acquisition otherwise of an open position) in hopes that its price will rise or fall respectively, in order to make a profit. See destabilizing speculation and stabilizing speculation.
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16. speculation
    speculation, practice of engaging in business in order to make quick profits from fluctuations in prices, as opposed to the practice of investing in a productive enterprise in order to share in its earnings. The term is sometimes applied to investment in a venture involving abnormal risks along with...
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17. speculation
    Speculation refers to the selection of high risk investments with the aim to profit from the anticipated movement of prices. It is not just a form of gambling as speculators take decisions on the basis of certain information before their risky endeavor. On the other hand, speculation should not be m...
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18. Speculation
    Speculation is a card game played with a full deck of cards. Each player contributes to a pool, the dealer paying double. The dealer then distributes three cards face down, one at a time, to each player and then turns the top card of the reaming deck face upwards for trumps. Should the turned over c...
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19. Speculation
    In finance, `speculation` is a financial action that does not promise safety of the initial investment along with the return on the principal sum.<ref name="Graham, Benjamin 1951">Graham, Benjamin, and David Dodd (1951). Security Analysis. McGraw-Hill Book Company. ISBN 0071448209.--> S...
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20. Speculation
    (card game) `Speculation` is a simple gambling card game that was popular in the late 18th century and early 19th century. Rules: Object: To hold the highest trump card when all cards in play have been revealed. Set-up: The dealer antes six. The other players each ante four. The dealer gives ...
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21. Speculation
    (disambiguation) `Speculation` is the process of thinking about possibilities, or a particular conclusion arrived at from such thought. It may also refer specifically to: See also:
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