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Speculation

In finance, speculation is the purchase of an asset (a commodity, goods, or real estate) with the hope that that asset will become more valuable in a brief amount of time. The term can also refer to short sales, in which the speculator hopes for a decline in value. Speculation often has a pejorative connotation, as the activity is linked to bubbles…

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Speculation

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Books · 57
Speculation → After, America, Beard Books, Buzzy, Contrary Thinking Caxton Press, Covel, Crown Business, Definitive Guide, Edwin, Finance, Fox, Great Speculation, Harper Collins, HarperCollins, How, Humphrey, ISBN, Jack, Justin, Lessons
related to Further reading · 39
Speculation → Actual Irrationality, Archived, Banner, Blaakman, CA, Charles, Common Knowledge, Econometrica, Economy, Experimental Asset Markets, Fine Line, Gambling, History, Investing, ISBN, JSTOR, Lack, Land Mania, Lei, Michael
related to Economic bubbles · 18
Speculation → As, Bursar, But, Cambridge, Chest Fund, Chua, Great Depression, His, In, John Maynard Keynes, Keynes, King's College, Some, Speculative, Speculators, The, US, Woodward
related to Government responses and regulation · 15
Speculation → British, Bubble Act, Glass-Steagall, Great Depression, Penal Code, Russian, South Sea Bubble, States, Steagall Act, The, The Glass, The Onion Futures Act, The Soviet Union, United States, USSR
related to Regulations · 14
Speculation → Another, CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Consumer Protection Act, Dodd-Frank Act, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform, In, January, Passed, The, The CFTC, United States, US, Volcker Rule
related to history · 9
Speculation → After, England, Europe, France, John Law's Mississippi Company, Netherlands, New York, South Sea Bubble, The
related to Speculation vs. investment · 9
Speculation → According, Benjamin Graham, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, He, Others, Some, The, The Intelligent Investor, Thus
related to External links · 7
Speculation → Chicago, Financial Markets Group, Food Price CrisesUnderstanding Derivatives, Hidden Collective Factors, Infrastructure Federal Reserve Bank, Markets, Speculative TradingFood Commodities Speculation
related to Market liquidity and efficiency · 7
Speculation → Any, By, If, Some, Speculators, This, With
related to Proposals · 7
Speculation → December, German, In May, On, Proposals, Representative Peter DeFazio, The Tobin

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Speculationis apurchase of an asset0.90text
the tulip mania of 1634 to 1637instance ofThe development of commodity markets in the 17th-century Netherlands soon created speculative bubbles0.80text
cash flowsinstance ofSome economists link asset price movements within a bubble to fundamental economic factors0.80text
discount rates.In 1936instance ofSome economists link asset price movements within a bubble to fundamental economic factors0.80text
John Maynard Keynes wroteinstance ofSome economists link asset price movements within a bubble to fundamental economic factors0.80text
Speculationrelated to BooksCovel0.60section
Speculationrelated to BooksMichael0.60section
Speculationrelated to BooksThe Complete Turtle Trader0.60section
Speculationrelated to BooksHarperCollins0.60section
Speculationrelated to BooksISBN0.60section
Speculationrelated to BooksMark0.60section
Speculationrelated to BooksThe Disciplined Trader0.60section

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