A person who borrows to buy assets in the belief that those assets will be worth more tomorrow than they were today and looks to sell those assets and make capital gains rather than to manage them.
A recognised participant in most markets who tries to anticipate price changes with a view to making profits. Generally, the speculator has no long term interest in the underlying physical commodity or financial instrument.
Speculator - a market participant who is ready to risk his own means in trading operations for the sake of making of the profit.
Investor that tries to take advantage of the market short-term evolution betting on its behavior. E.g. selling short hoping to cash in when the stock price drops quickly.
An individual who trades futures/options contracts in an attempt to profit from price movement. The individual has no intention of owning or selling the physical commodity. Speculators assume risk from Hedgers and add liquidity to markets.
A person who is willing to assume a relatively large risk in the hope of earning a return.
Buys and sells property with our without tenants or buys land and develops it.
An individual who buys and sells contracts with the goal of making profits by successfully anticipating price changes. A Speculator does not use the futures market in connection with the actual production, processing, marketing or handling of a product and is not involved in delivery.
someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
an additional buyer of commodities whenever it seems that market prices are lower than they should be
a person who buys a stock for any other reason
A market participant who buys and sells market instruments in an attempt to profit from intermediate-term (weeks to months) price changes.
Someone who buys or sells assets with the view to profit from a favourable movement in the price of those assets in a relatively short period of time.
Smug geek nickname for the American magazine Wine Spectator, the major market-mover in the U.S.A.
A person who based existing conditions attempts to anticipate price changes and to trade accordingly in order to make capital gains. Often used in respect to the futures market participants that are not Hedgers.
An investor who is prepared to accept calculated risks in the marketplace. Objectives are usually short to medium-term capital gain, as opposed to regular income and safety of principal, the prime objectives of the conservative investor.
One who attempts to anticipate price changes and, through buying and selling contracts, aims to make profits. A speculator does not use the market in connection with the production, processing, marketing, or handling of a product. See: Trader.
Someone prepared to accept calculated risks in the marketplace for attractive potential returns.
A trader who takes an outright long or short position in the market (opposite of "hedger"). Some speculators also trade spreads.
A person (usually a dealer) who undertakes a transaction in property, in expectation of asking for a profit but with the risk of not doing so.
One who attempts to anticipate price changes and, through buying and selling futures contracts, aims to make profits; does not use the futures market in connection with the production, processing, marketing or handling of a product. The speculator has no interest in making or taking delivery.
One who attempts to anticipate price changes and make profits through the sale and/or purchase of financial instrument. A speculator with a forecast of advancing prices hopes to profit by buying futures contracts and then liquidating at a higher price. A speculator with a forecast of declining prices hopes to profit by selling then buying at a lower price in the future.
The person, ready to risk means at fulfilment of trading operations for the sake of reception of profit.
One who tries to profit from buying and selling futures and options contracts by anticipating future price movements.
Someone who buys property on the expectation that its value will increase and it will be sold at a profit.
One who buys and sells stocks, land, etc., risking his capital with the goal of earning a profit from price changes. In contrast to gamblers, speculators understand and evaluate existing market risks on the basis of data and experience, while gamblers are those who seek out man-made risks or "invest" in a roll of the dice.
an investor in land who does not add value to the land; the speculator is a risk taker and gambles that the property is or will be worth more than he/she is paying for the property
One who is prepared to accept calculated risks in the marketplace in anticipation of higher returns.
A trader who hopes to profit from a directional move in the underlying instrument. The speculator has no interest in making or taking delivery.
A person who buys and sells in a market with the sole aim of profiting from the subsequent price movements.
Someone who wants to accept a risk because of the likelihood of substantial profit
One who tries to anticipate price changes and make profits.
A person prepared to accept calculated risks in the marketplace for short to medium-term capital gain. A conservative customer's objectives are normally regular income and the safety of the principal.
One who is willing to assume a relatively large risk in the hope of gain.
A person who attempts to anticipate price changes and through market activities makes profits.
A person who takes Positions on the market in an attempt to anticipate price changes, with the aim of earning a profit. A speculator does not use the market in connection with the production, processing, marketing or handling of a product. Compare with Trader. Français: Spéculateurs Español: Especulador
A person who gambles on high-risk investments, hoping to make a large profit quickly.
Someone who takes relatively large risks in the hope of extraordinary gains.
A person who engages in the practice of risk taking, especially with respect to stock, bonds, and commodities; one who hazards money, effort, and time in the taking of risks of speculation, for the purpose of gain, often a gain on short-term price changes
See on: Wikipedia Investopedia A person who trades (i.e. derivatives, commodities, bonds, equities or currencies) with a higher-than-average risk, in return for a higher-than-average profit potential. Speculators take large risks, especially with respect to anticipating future price movements, or gambling, in the hopes of making quick, large gains.
An investor who is willing to assume great risk in return for potentially great rewards. See: Speculation
An investor or trader hoping for large profits from risky positions, i.e. a risk taker. Contrast with a hedger, who wishes to reduce risk from an existing position. It is the speculator who takes on the risk which has been transferred from the hedger.
One who invests with the anticipation that an event or series of evens will occur to increase the value of the investment.
someone who takes on large risk in the hope of making a quick profit
A market participant who tries to profit from buying and selling futures and ptions contracts by anticipating future price movements. Speculators assume market price risk and add liquidity and capital to the futures markets.
In commodity futures, an individual who does not hedge, but who trades with the objective of achieving profits through the successful anticipation of price movements.
An individual who does not hedge, but who trades in commodity futures or options with the objective of achieving profits through the successful anticipation of price movements. The speculator has no interest in taking delivery.
An investor who trades securities and derivatives with the view to profit directly from advantageous price movements.
