- to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
- talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"
- chew over: reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
- invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"
- (speculation) guess: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- (speculation) a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture"
- In finance, speculation is a financial action that does not promise safety of the initial investment along with the return on the .Graham, Benjamin, and David Dodd (1951). Security Analysis. McGraw-Hill Book Company. ISBN 0071448209. ...
- (Speculated) Speculative reason or pure reason is theoretical (or logical, deductive) thought (sometimes called theoretical reason), as opposed to practical (active, willing) thought. ...
- (Speculation (card game)) Speculation is a simple gambling card game that was popular in the late 18th century and early 19th century.
- Speculations was a resource for writers within the science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative fiction subgenres. Started in 1994 as a print magazine, Speculations moved online in 1999 , then ceased operations in 2008 . Speculations was a Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine nominee seven times. ...
- to think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to deliberate or cogitate; to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture; to make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble
- (speculation) The process of thinking or meditating on a subject; A judgment or conclusion reached by speculating; An investment involving higher than normal risk in order to obtain a higher than normal return
- (Speculating) Process of taking a calculated risk and taking a position in the market on the assumption the market will move in their favour based on historical and implied market data.
- (speculating) Investing in markets that are considered to be very volatile and thus quite “risky” in the academic sense of the word.
- (Speculation) The employment of funds by a speculator. Safety of principal is a secondary factor. (see Investment)
- (Speculation) Undertaking a risky investment with the objective of earning a positive profit compared with investment in a risk-free alternative (a risk premium).
- (Speculation) The process of selecting a high-risk investment to profit from an anticipated price movement.
- (Speculation) The process of buying investment vehicles in which the future value and level of expected earnings are highly uncertain.
- (Speculation) is acceptance of big risks especially when trying to predict future; gambling in an effort to make quick and big profit
- (Speculation) The practice of buying or selling stocks, commodities, land or other types of assets hoping to take advantage of an expected rise or fall in price.
- (Speculation) Buying extremely risky and volatile investments with above average growth potential.
- (Speculation) Trading with certain anticipation on the direction of the market movement.
- (Speculation) investment involving high risk but also the possibility of high profits.
- (Speculation) A calculated risk taken to gain a quick profit
- (Speculation) A deal undertaken because the dealer expects prices to move in his favour, as opposed to hedging or arbitrage.