speculators
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As bond yields rose to their highest levels in decades, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission showed speculators had taken aggressive bets that prices would continue to fall.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
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
As individual speculators keep migrating to ever-riskier products, the ones offering the most bang for the buck might prove most enticing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
"Even if the actual amount of intervention is not particularly large, the prolonged sense of vigilance regarding intervention will be effective in deterring speculators."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
So, stupid and reckless I may be, but I am going to see Kamal Abdic, because unlike all the speculators, I have seen Scott.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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