speculator

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A speculator with access to reasonably priced storage could have made a guaranteed profit by buying 1,000 physical barrels cheaply and immediately selling a contract expiring months later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 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

Next came Highway 80 and speculator Bert Vaughn, who built a four-story hotel, bathhouse and a desert view tower to lure San Diego-Arizona drivers off the road.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

Fisk, a Wall Street speculator, was fabulously wealthy.

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2023

Duer was the epitome of the enterprising speculator whom he trusted and who ultimately proved untrustworthy.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis