speculator

Example Sentences

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Reserve managers don’t want speculators to invest based on their moves, so they tend to say little about what they are up to.

From Barron's

It's not helping that speculators were super short of Treasuries into this event and must be sitting on huge paper losses and the market can't correct properly until these are cleared out.

From Reuters

City officials in 1924 ultimately condemned the entire neighborhood and seized the Black-owned properties, as well as 25 empty lots owned by white speculators.

From Los Angeles Times

About eight years ago, Weinstein began getting involved in housing battles in L.A. and across the state, contending that luxury real estate developers and corporate speculators are causing California’s affordability woes.

From Los Angeles Times

Elsewhere, the dust is settling quickly on the Bank of Japan's decision not to bend to speculators' attack on its yield curve control policy.

From Reuters