speculative

Example Sentences

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“Spec,” an industry term short for speculative, refers to homes started before a buyer goes under contract.

From Barron's

That’s not just because gold is paid in U.S. dollars, but that speculative flows tend to move to gold when the dollar is weak, says the chief executive and founder of Black Snow Capital writes.

From MarketWatch

In Hamburg, Leipzig took the lead with 66 minutes gone when Diomande's speculative effort took a wicked deflection and landed in the net.

From Barron's

That is the behavior of “long-term allocation, not speculative excess.”

From MarketWatch

They add that “a prolonged period of low interest rates can lead to the gradual development of a culture of more speculative investment.”

From The Wall Street Journal