speculative

speculative
securities that involve a high level of risk. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary

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speculative spec‧u‧la‧tive [ˈspekjlətɪv ǁ -leɪ-] adjective
1. FINANCE bought or done in the hope of making a profit:

• Their £461 million bid for the electronics company led to a good deal of speculative activity yesterday.

• Prices fell on heavy speculative selling after the weekend.

2. based on guessing, not on information or facts:

• These figures are, at best, speculative.

• She dismisses rumours of a boardroom split as “totally speculative”.

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speculative UK US /ˈspekjələtɪv/ adjective
► based on a guess and not on information: »

The idea that a merger of this kind would ever take place is purely speculative.

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highly/overly speculative

► FINANCE done in order to make a profit even though there is risk that you may lose money: »

We should remember that a sign of the end of the first bubble was a large number of highly speculative transactions.

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Company shares advanced 6p to 34p on speculative buying.

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News of the sale led to considerable speculative activity on the exchange.

► FINANCE a speculative investor is willing to accept a high level of risk in the hope of making a profit: »

This stock should only be considered by the speculative investor.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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