speculators

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A popular financial derivative that allows speculators to bet on prices for everything from obscure meme coins to shares of companies that haven’t gone public yet is finally gaining a foothold in the U.S.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

Beyond hedging, Kalshi said that its new markets also provide retail speculators and casual art aficionados a way to get in on the auction action.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

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

This action angered both settlers who wanted to move into that region and the land speculators who sought to profit from selling land there.

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