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Since the new ETFs were listed on May 27, the stocks of Samsung and SK hynix have fallen around 16 percent and 20 percent each, leaving speculators with highly amplified losses.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

The reaction of Russian authorities to all this was to limit the release of retail fuel-price statistics and to start roundups of alleged speculators and hoarders.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

“The people of Altadena are demanding protection from speculators who are buying land from distressed fire survivors and trying to exploit the intent of existing laws,” Pérez said in a statement announcing the legislation.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

After decades spent in thrall to Wall Street hedge funders and luxury-housing speculators, what other dreams can a city rich in underdog momentum make real?

From Salon Jun. 17, 2026

Over and over, the work of the colonial surveyors and speculators led to destruction of Indigenous towns.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz



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