Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that speculates.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An observer or onlooker; a watcher; a lookout; a seer; in a specific use, an occult seer; one who looks into mysteries or secrete by magical means.
- noun One who engages in mental speculation; a person who speculates about a subject or subjects; a theorizer.
- noun One who practises speculation in trade or business of any kind. See
speculation , 4.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One who speculates. Specifically: (a) An observer; a contemplator; hence, a spy; a watcher.
- noun One who forms theories; a theorist.
- noun (Com.) One who engages in speculation; one who buys and sells goods, land, etc., with the expectation of deriving profit from fluctuations in price.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
speculates ; anobserver ; acontemplator . - noun One who forms theories; a
theorist . - noun business, finance One who
speculates ; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principle for the potential of substantial returns.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
- noun someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
Etymologies
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Examples
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The word "speculator" comes from the Latin word "specula" (watchtower) and indicates someone who tries to "look far away" and thus metaphorically "look ahead", in other words to foresee future events.
Forbes.com: News 2010
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ALLAN CHERNOFF, CNN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT: Well, John, I think this term speculator is being a bit overused here, frankly, because it's not just classical speculators who are moving the price of oil but it's so many investors.
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I understand that the Wall Street definition of a successful initial public offering is one that allows a short-term speculator to make a quick profit.
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Then I called the speculator and told him I wanted to go up-stairs again.
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Not surprisingly, in light of the extended nature of the averages, the intermediate-term speculator, who seeks to hold a winning position for several weeks to several months, is faced with precious few fundamentally sound stocks that are not extended above their most recent bases, or areas of technical support.
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Not surprisingly, in light of the extended nature of the averages, the intermediate-term speculator, who seeks to hold a winning position for several weeks to several months, is faced with precious few fundamentally sound stocks that are not extended above their most recent bases, or areas of technical support.
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However, a noteworthy volatility play crossed the tape around midday, with one long-term speculator betting on a significant price swing from the bailed-out bank.
BloggingStocks 2010
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"The job of the CEO is not to reward the short-term speculator of your stock, but to do a good job long-term for your shareholders, employees and customers," he says.
GigaOM Network 2009
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Thursday's trading could be choppy as the short term speculator had nothing to gain by Wednesday's conference call and will exit their positions in AGEN and look for the next swing move, but the long term investor should feel as confident as ever about this company and should take advantage of any dip in stock price, especially if it drops below two again.
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"The job of the CEO is not to reward the short-term speculator of your stock," Mr. Barrett says, "but to do a good job long-term for your shareholders, employees and customers.
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