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speculation
spec·u·la·tion S0619600 (spĕk′yə-lā′shən)n.1. a. Reasoning based on inconclusive evidence; conjecture or supposition.b. A conclusion, opinion, or theory reached by conjecture.c. Archaic Contemplation or consideration of a subject; meditation.2. a. Engagement in risky business transactions on the chance of quick or considerable profit.b. A commercial or financial transaction involving speculation.speculation (ˌspɛkjʊˈleɪʃən) n1. the act or an instance of speculating2. a supposition, theory, or opinion arrived at through speculating3. (Stock Exchange) investment involving high risk but also the possibility of high profitsspec•u•la•tion (ˌspɛk yəˈleɪ ʃən)
n. 1. the contemplation or consideration of some subject. 2. a single instance or process of consideration. 3. a conclusion or opinion reached by such contemplation. 4. conjectural consideration of a matter; conjecture or surmise. 5. engagement in commercial transactions that involve risk with the hope of profiting as a result of market fluctuations. [1325–75] speculation1. the contemplation or consideration of some subject.
2. an instance of such activity.
3. a conclusion or opinion reached by such activity.
4. a conjecture or surmise; a guess. — speculator, n. — speculative, adj.See also: ThinkingThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  speculation - a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidenceguess, supposition, surmisal, surmise, conjecture, hypothesisopinion, view - a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page"divination - successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck | | 2. | speculation - 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"conjecturehypothesis, theory, possibility - a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices" | | 3. |  speculation - an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits; "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it"ventureinvestment funds, investment - money that is invested with an expectation of profitgamble - money that is risked for possible monetary gainsmart money - money bet or invested by experienced gamblers or investors (especially if they have inside information)pyramid - (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases | | 4. |  speculation - continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature; "the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge"meditationmusing, reflection, rumination, thoughtfulness, contemplation, reflexion - a calm, lengthy, intent consideration |
speculationnoun1. theory, opinion, hypothesis, conjecture, guess, consideration, deliberation, contemplation, surmise, guesswork, supposition I had published my speculations about the future of the universe.2. gamble, risk, gambling, hazard speculation on the Stock Exchangespeculationnoun1. The act or process of thinking:brainwork, cerebration, cogitation, contemplation, deliberation, excogitation, meditation, reflection, rumination, thought.2. A judgment, estimate, or opinion arrived at by guessing:conjecture, guess, guesswork, supposition, surmise.3. Abstract reasoning:conjecture, theory.4. A venture depending on chance:bet, gamble, risk, wager.Translationsspeculate (ˈspekjuleit) verb to make guesses. He's only speculating – he doesn't know; There's no point in speculating about what's going to happen. 推測 推测ˌspecuˈlation noun1. a guess. Your speculations were all quite close to the truth. 推測 推测2. the act of speculating. There was great speculation as to what was happening. 推測 推测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 the chance to earn unusually large profits, but most speculation consists in the buying and selling of commodities and stocks and bonds with the object of taking advantage of rapid changes in price. While the investor seeks to protect his principal as it yields a moderate return, the speculator sacrifices the safety of his principal in hopes of receiving a large, rapid return. The practice is defended as tending to stabilize prices and guide investment; it is attacked as the mechanism of financial crisis and panic when prices decline rapidly and as an inflationary factor when a commodity is in shortage and speculation drives up its price. Public outcry over speculation has had an important political impact in several periods of U.S. history. During the progressive era in the late 19th and early 20th cent., speculation on Wall Street helped reformers led to landmark legislation regulating big business. Following the crash of 1929, which was widely blamed on the speculative abuses of the 1920s, the Roosevelt administration passed legislation regulating Wall Street and the banking industry. In the 1980s and early 1990s, critics attacked junk bonds, corporate mergers, and the savings and loansavings and loan association
(S&L), type of financial institution that was originally created to accept savings from private investors and to provide home mortgage services for the public.
The first U.S. S&L was founded in 1831.
..... Click the link for more information. industry as examples of speculative abuses that reduced America's economic competitiveness. In the late 1990s speculation was most evident in the enormously high market value attained by some Internet and computer company stocks and in the on-line day trading of stocks. See also bankingbanking,
primarily the business of dealing in money and instruments of credit. Banks were traditionally differentiated from other financial institutions by their principal functions of accepting deposits—subject to withdrawal or transfer by check—and of making loans.
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that part of a security's price that a buyer must pay for in cash. The balance of the price is met by the broker, who, in effect, is supplying a client with a loan. The smaller the margin, the greater the inducement to speculation.
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crisis in financial and economic conditions, marked by public loss of confidence in the financial structure. Panics are characterized by a general rush of investors to convert their assets into cash, with runs on banks and a rapid fall of the securities market.
..... Click the link for more information. . Bibliography See R. Sobel, Panic on Wall Street (1968); M. Mayer, Markets (1988); C. Kindleberger, Manias, Panics, and Crashes (1989); E. Chancellor, Devil Take the Hindmost (1999); G. J. Millman, The Day Traders (1999); C. R. Morris, Money, Greed, and Risk (1999); R. J. Shiller, Irrational Exuberance (2000). Speculation in Soviet criminal law, a dangerous economic crime, one that infringes on the normal activities of Soviet trade and on the interests of purchasers. Speculation is the buying up and reselling of goods or any other articles for the purpose of making a profit. For an action to be deemed speculation, it is irrelevant where and from whom the goods are purchased—whether in a store or at a market, whether from the rightful owner or from one who has acquired the goods unlawfully. It is likewise irrelevant to whom the goods are sold, whether to a state or public organization, kolkhoz, or individual. Criminal liability for speculation begins at the age of 16. Speculation is punishable by deprivation of freedom for a term not exceeding two years, with or without confiscation of property, by correctional tasks for a term not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding 300 rubles. More severe punishment —deprivation of freedom for a term not exceeding seven years, with confiscation of property—is provided for in cases of speculation as a form of business or on a large scale (see, for example, the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, art. 154). Petty speculation committed for the first time is punishable through administrative procedures. (For liability for currency speculation, seeFOREIGN-EXCHANGE OFFENSES.)
Speculation a form of philosophical thought that is idealistically oriented and disassociated from sense experience. According to F. W. von Schelling, speculation “constructs” existence, attempting to deduce the world in its entirety from certain initial categories. Two kinds of speculative thought may be distinguished in the history of idealism—the rationalist and the intuitivist type. The first is predominantly conceptual; it deals with abstractions and is patterned after mathematical reasoning (compare the role of mathematics as a model for speculation in Pythagoreanism, Platonism, and Neoplatonism); it is concerned with the problems of formal logic and idealist dialectics. The second type of speculation strives for the direct and intuitive “contemplation” of the idea as eidos—an intellectual model, as it were. At times the intuitivist type of speculation also played an important part in the development of dialectics—for example, in the work of Plotinus and J. Boehme; as a rule, however, it degenerated into mysticism. Speculation was the predominant method of philosophical reasoning in ancient philosophy, and it was the ruling method in medieval Scholasticism as well. F. Bacon rejected speculation, holding that “all science is based on experience, and consists in subjecting the data furnished by the senses to a rational method of investigation” (K. Marx and F. Engels, Soch., 2nd ed., vol. 2, p. 142). Speculation has been rejected by the materialist school of thought of the modern age. S. S. AVERINTSEV Speculation
SPECULATION, contracts. The hope or desire of making a profit by the purchase and resale of a thing. Pard. Dr. Com. n. 12. The profit so made; as, be made a good speculation. speculation
SpeculationPurchasing 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.SpeculationAn investment with an exceptionally high risk. Speculators may invest in a start-up company or in a volatile commodity. These risks carry the possibility of very high returns. Speculators often trade actively and many have hedging strategies to reduce their risks. See also: Hedge fund.speculation The taking of above-average risks to achieve above-average returns, generally during a relatively short period of time. Speculation involves buying something on the basis of its potential selling price rather than on the basis of its actual value.speculation the buying and selling of COMMODITIES (tea, tin etc.), FINANCIAL SECURITIES (shares etc.) and FOREIGN CURRENCIES whose market prices are characterized by substantial fluctuations over time, by individuals and firms (speculators) in the hope of making windfall profits. For example, in the STOCK MARKET and FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET, a speculator may take a ‘bullish’ view that a share price or the exchange rate of a currency will rise and may gamble on this possibility by buying that share or currency, using either his or her own money or short-term credits, and hoping to resell it at a higher price after a few days or weeks, in order to make a capital gain on the difference between the two prices. On the other hand, the speculator may take a ‘bearish’ view that a share price or currency value will fall and may gamble on this possibility by selling the share or currency (even though he or she does not currently own any), using the proceeds from this sale to buy at a lower price the shares or currency he or she has promised to deliver a week or two later. Speculative activity may have a destabilizing effect on share prices or exchange rates if speculators take a collective view that prices will rise or fall, accelerating and magnifying upward or downward price movements. Because of the disruptive effects of speculation on international trade, countries' central banks often intervene in the foreign exchange markets to maintain ‘orderly’ exchange rates. See ARBITRAGE, FORWARD MARKET, FLOATING EXCHANGE RATE SYSTEM, STAG, ACCOUNT PERIOD. speculation the purchase or sale of ASSETS, real or financial, to achieve a CAPITAL GAIN. See ARBITRAGE, SPECULATIVE DEMAND FOR MONEY, SPECULATOR. speculationInvestment decisions based on the hope and expectation there will be a profit, but no firm evidence that this will be the case. As a general rule, the more speculative the venture, the greater the reward should be,commensurate with the risk taken. speculation
Synonyms for speculationnoun theorySynonyms- theory
- opinion
- hypothesis
- conjecture
- guess
- consideration
- deliberation
- contemplation
- surmise
- guesswork
- supposition
noun gambleSynonymsSynonyms for speculationnoun the act or process of thinkingSynonyms- brainwork
- cerebration
- cogitation
- contemplation
- deliberation
- excogitation
- meditation
- reflection
- rumination
- thought
noun a judgment, estimate, or opinion arrived at by guessingSynonyms- conjecture
- guess
- guesswork
- supposition
- surmise
noun abstract reasoningSynonymsnoun a venture depending on chanceSynonymsSynonyms for speculationnoun a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidenceSynonyms- guess
- supposition
- surmisal
- surmise
- conjecture
- hypothesis
Related Wordsnoun a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)SynonymsRelated Words- hypothesis
- theory
- possibility
noun an investment that is very risky but could yield great profitsSynonymsRelated Words- investment funds
- investment
- gamble
- smart money
- pyramid
noun continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse natureSynonymsRelated Words- musing
- reflection
- rumination
- thoughtfulness
- contemplation
- reflexion
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