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smrtinsert · 2013-04-10 18:45:13+00:00

It's the speculators! Where have I heard that before?

onlyrealcuzzo | karma 13783 | avg karma 3.37 · | 2022-09-06 13:34:42

Speculators?

mushroomhead | karma 12 | avg karma 2.4 · | 2013-11-22 11:18:00+00:00

speculators.

exolymph | karma 14357 | avg karma 3.88 · | 2018-01-22 19:03:34+00:00

Speculators are a type of investor.

corentin | karma 675 | avg karma 2.0 · | 2008-11-23 10:40:58+00:00

You mean, like speculators?

belltaco | karma 13576 | avg karma 4.11 · | 2021-11-06 22:22:46

But those people are speculators looking to make a quick buck.

charsifood | karma 95 | avg karma 2.21 · | 2017-09-12 17:44:34+00:00

Who's hating on speculators?

shiftoutbox | karma -14 | avg karma -0.07 · | 2018-04-10 10:42:59

Asian speculators .

jasonlgrimes | karma 100 | avg karma 1.37 · | 2013-02-15 13:39:49

I too am curious - are there speculators, cuz the price keeps a rising!

em3rgent0rdr | karma 5777 | avg karma 2.68 · | 2019-03-19 00:20:22+00:00

Exactly. The speculators are communicating useful information.

Mountain_Skies | karma 9375 | avg karma 2.74 · | 2023-11-14 06:11:43

from speculators running up prices.

ska | karma 12592 | avg karma 2.33 · | 2018-01-22 16:21:33

s/investors/speculators/g

LargeWu | karma 2958 | avg karma 3.87 · | 2018-08-14 14:12:26+00:00

s/investors/speculators/

chaetodon | karma 6 | avg karma 0.43 · | 2013-04-30 15:48:01+00:00

a speculator is also (a certain type of) user.

larsiusprime | karma 5706 | avg karma 8.47 · | 2021-08-26 15:49:59

Speculators are certainly homo economicus, for whatever it's worth :)

johngladtj | karma 283 | avg karma 0.89 · | 2023-11-21 02:57:46

Yes of course, those evil speculators

serichsen | karma 253 | avg karma 1.52 · | 2011-06-27 12:24:38+00:00

I was immediately reminded of the same story. As far as I remember, speculators (who are important for a market, but should not dominate it) have been relatively recently allowed to dominate the market they speculate in. This led to them simply buying and buying, speculating on the rising prices the buying itself causes.

icebraining | karma 48925 | avg karma 2.14 · | 2014-05-29 02:45:50

I think the issue is that we use different definitions of the word "speculator". How do you define it?

wilfra | karma 2809 | avg karma 3.55 · | 2013-03-19 01:33:16+00:00

Are you sure it applies to speculators? Can you quote that part?

tsotha | karma 4566 | avg karma 1.52 · | 2011-10-24 00:36:08+00:00

The same people who always take the losses - speculators. Some of them are the same people who bid the market up; some of them are people who foolishly bought at the top.