speculative

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However, it is in the volatile, frothy and speculative stock market, dominated by retail traders, where the most damage has been inflicted.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Also on Monday, Japan’s top currency diplomat, Atsushi Mimura, intensified his rhetoric against speculative moves driving the yen’s sharp decline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

And rather than the 2026 World Cup, the revenue associated with co-hosting Euro 2028 was deemed to justify the speculative approach.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

“Getting $4 billion for the SV-F route from a speculative financial instrument is just a Hail Mary pass,” a member of the Beverly Grove neighborhood association said in public comments.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

But his cosmological arguments are purely speculative and philosophical.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton