speculator
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Speculator William Duer, a friend of Alexander Hamilton, had borrowed too much money and was about to be thrown into debtors’ prison.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
John Buckingham at the Prudent Speculator thinks this means earnings could return to growth mode next year and in 2027, and that will improve sentiment on the stock.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 11, 2025
Nine blows of the original Granite Mountain whistle sounded Thursday night to break a moment of silence for the lives lost in the 1917 fire at the Granite Mountain and Speculator mines.
From Washington Times • Jun. 9, 2017
Readers who have followed The Prudent Speculator for more than, say, a week are well aware that one of our favorite investment mantras is, “The Only Problem with Market Timing is Getting the Timing Right!”
From Forbes • Feb. 19, 2015
The temperamental and mental qualifications of the Banker and Speculator are fundamentally conflicting and it hardly ever happens that these qualifications are successfully combined in one and the same person.
From The New York Stock Exchange and Public Opinion Remarks at Annual Dinner, Association of Stock Exchange Brokers, Held at the Astor Hotel, New York, January 24, 1917 by Kahn, Otto Hermann
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