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• n  someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
• n  someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains

• Oil is now above $70 per barrel, meaning huge profits for some speculators.
• JOHN ALOYSIUS COLEMAN Among all the speculators in stocks, no one, day in and day out, takes greater risks than John Aloysius Coleman, 58, a trim, broad-shouldered Irishman.
• Baruch was proud to have been a speculator, but he cringed at the implications the term came to carry.

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News & Articles

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• How Much Do You Need To Retire?
  By Intelligent Speculator. Read more » »
  June 10, 2013 - Guru Focus
• 1917 mine disaster remembered; Citizens gather on anniversary at Granite Mountain Memorial
  Tom Gordon, whose great-grandfather died in the Granite Mountain-Speculator fire in 1917, choked back emotion during his short speech Saturday at the memorial site on the Butte Hill.
  June 9, 2013 - The Montana Standard
• Do Amazon's Grocery Plans Make Sense?
  By Intelligent Speculator. Read more » » Related Stocks: AMZN , WMT ,
  June 6, 2013 - Guru Focus

Quotes

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• Henry Paulson in Los Angeles Times
  Being underwater does not affect your ability to pay your mortgage,Paulson said in a speech Monday. "Any homeowner who can afford his mortgage payments, but chooses to walk away from an underwater property is simply a speculator - and one...
• Barack Obama in WERC
  If Iran can cut off the petroleum-rich Strait of Hormuz, one speculator predicted the pump price for a gallon of gasoline would be $12,Obama said.
• Michael Cullen in The Dominion Post
  Perhaps he should stick to being a money market speculator rather than cut across Mr English's attempts to be more fiscally conservative,Dr Cullen said.