speculator

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Duer was also an inveterate speculator and get-rich-quick schemer: “king of the alley,” as Thomas Jefferson derisively referred External link to Wall Street.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

He stayed six months, made and lost a fortune, and gave us the indelible image of the Wall Street speculator.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 28, 2025

Fisk, a Wall Street speculator, was fabulously wealthy.

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2023

Shin said he is not a speculator and had intended to move his family into the two-story house until his three children saw the park.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023

Anyway, they all got to the Big House just as the speculator was putting the children on his wagon to carry them off.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers