speculators
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To fund the government, the U.S. is now increasingly dependent on volatile demand from leveraged speculators in the form of basis trades.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
In 1901, speculators trading on margin, or borrowed money, eagerly leveraged their bets 10-fold or more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Even speculators with the deepest pockets are veritable Davids when facing government Goliaths, but they have one advantage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
A U.S.-backed operation carries more weight than Tokyo acting alone, and the pledge of further action will give speculators pause.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
It was instead that an ominous picture was congealing in his mind of patriot soldiers being fleeced by an army of speculators whose only loyalty was to their own profit margins.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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