speculators

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In effect, the core casualties of the 1997–98 Asian financial crisis are back in the line of fire as currency speculators circle.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Assuming computing futures do make it to market, the idea that they could find their way into the portfolios of speculators and otherwise ordinary investors isn’t all that far-fetched.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

He pressured Berlin’s biggest banks to issue a joint statement restricting margin loans, which enable speculators to trade stocks with borrowed money.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Japan’s yen surged against the U.S. dollar on Thursday after the country’s top currency official issued a “final advisory” to market speculators following the yen’s slump to its lowest levels in two years.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

In the early days of the US, some of the “Founding Fathers” worked as surveyors or speculators.

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