What is another word for speculators?

Pronunciation: [spˈɛkjʊlˌe͡ɪtəz] (IPA)

Speculators are individuals or entities that engage in the purchasing and selling of assets, commodities, or securities in the hopes of profiting from price fluctuations. Synonyms for the word "speculators" include investors, traders, gamblers, risk-takers, brokers, market players, dealers, and financiers. Many speculators operate in the financial markets or real estate industry, buying and selling properties or stocks in the hopes of making a substantial profit. Some people view speculators negatively, associating them with volatility, speculation bubbles, and market crashes, while others consider them an integral part of the economy. Regardless of one's personal views, speculators shape and influence the global economy in a significant way.

What are the hypernyms for Speculators?

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Usage examples for Speculators

These tickets were now either sold to individuals or in the hands of the outside speculators.
"Leo the Circus Boy"
Ralph Bonehill
Industry is now conducted by speculators, who advance the stock and pay the labourer's wages, in order to make gain out of the excess of the product over the advances, and labour is a mere instrument in the hands of capital.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
These speculators are now holding the bag.
"Dollars and Sense"
Col. Wm. C. Hunter

Famous quotes with Speculators

  • In the 1920s, Wall Street was a world that was really dominated by professional speculators and stock pools. These people had a monopoly over information.
    Ron Chernow
  • You have a class of investors and you have a class of speculators. The speculators historically haven't been big enough to cause the investors to doubt the long-term vision of stock.
    Jim Cramer
  • In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort.
    William Schwenck Gilbert
  • That became a big time in comic books because it's when people were starting to break out into independent stuff, the market was getting choked with speculators and everybody was trying to do their own trick covers.
    Todd McFarlane
  • Blaming speculators as a response to financial crisis goes back at least to the Greeks. It's almost always the wrong response.
    Lawrence Summers

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