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Speculative

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Speculative meaning

Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation. | Pursued as a gamble, with possible large profits or losses; risky. | Pertaining to financial speculation; Involving or resulting from high-risk investments or trade.

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This inherently attracts talent and capital to the speculative trading pits, leading to even higher asset prices and ever larger speculative bubbles.

Speculative damages Speculative damages are damages that have not yet occurred, but the plaintiff expects them to.

Speculative implications Speculative physics deals with questions which are also discussed in science fiction.

Ain’t gonna happen anytime soon – but doesn’t that mean speculative turmoil.

Always a workhorse and desperate to try and make something happen, Ethan Freemantle hit a speculative effort or Harriers two minutes later as he tried to swivel and shoot.

And they even decided a case that was purely speculative, something that the Court has never done before.

A second key difference between traditional and speculative investments is the time horizon involved.

As mentioned, the excitement surrounding disruptive themes is warranted, and certain technological advancements are no longer speculative, but a reality.

As such, it's very jarring when ending leans on much more speculative science fiction, with some spectacular leaps in logic.

Authorities are watching the currency market closely and stand ready to respond, Suzuki said, repeating a warning against speculative moves as the yen hovered near a one-year low versus the dollar, just shy of the 150 mark.

Blake quipped that she has heard so many plans for the future use of the area, following the departure of Newmont, that she can’t really comment on speculative post-mining ventures.

But if you dig a little deeper, you’ll find many of this year’s speculative leaders are beginning to crack.

But stock markets coated this idea with so much speculative froth that the real business was lost in the hype.

Cohen did buy a New York team in the newly formed TGL — a golf league backed by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy that Cohen called “speculative” — but he said more significant purchases won’t come until the current mission is accomplished.

Efforts are continuing to eliminate the speculative price formations and stockpiling in the automotive market, Bolat also said.

Following this peak, the fluctuations began to stabilize as volatility and speculative activity in energy markets diminished.

From an income-enhancing perspective, the fund owns some bonds with speculative-grade ratings.

Here, I propose categorizing the underlying programs into three groups: highly visible, rapidly expanding, and highly speculative, in order to evaluate the business.

Historically, in times of economic crisis, money exits speculative investments and finds its way to higher quality businesses with more stable competitive positions.

However, I rate the stock as a speculative buy considering the launch of BKR 9000 has been delayed several times already.