speculator

Example Sentences

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"He's a speculator, he buys and sells," they told me.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Duer was also an inveterate speculator and get-rich-quick schemer: “king of the alley,” as Thomas Jefferson derisively referred External link to Wall Street.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

Further near-term price gains are also likely, with speculator long positions as a share of total open interest on CME are not as extreme as in previous speculative peaks, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Bolling nodded his approval as he claimed that the onetime crypto hater Trump was the reason he’s now a true believer, not just a speculator.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2025

But one day a speculator came by—you know what a speculator was?”

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers