speculative
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Historically, that conservative approach was seen as prudent, protecting investors from speculative excess and ensuring that index constituents demonstrated operational viability before gaining access to trillions of dollars of public capital flows.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
"No specific findings have been shared with us to date. As such, it would be speculative for us to comment on any allegations," the company said.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Michael O’Rourke, chief market strategist at JonesTrading, says it’s dangerous for the broader market when hot money starts pouring into a group of small-cap stocks with speculative business models.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Sam Sacks finds that Ray Nayler’s novel is “skillfully sown with dramatic surprises” even as it straddles the divide “between the speculative and the plausible.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
To him, as to Steve Eisman, a credit default swap wasn’t insurance at all but an outright speculative bet against the market—and this was the second way to think about it.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing speculative
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