speculators

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Assuming computing futures do make it to market, the idea that they could find their way into the portfolios of speculators and otherwise ordinary investors isn’t all that far-fetched.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

The presence of speculators in the cocoa market, and longer-term risks to supply chains including the existential threat of climate change, means that cocoa volatility will continue, van Dort said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Cocoa markets remain volatile due to speculators and climate change risks, but prices are unlikely to return to 2025 highs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Japan’s yen surged against the U.S. dollar on Thursday after the country’s top currency official issued a “final advisory” to market speculators following the yen’s slump to its lowest levels in two years.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

One of those speculators was the British governor of Virginia John Murray, the Fourth Earl of Dunmore.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz