Definition of Speculator

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Speculator

One who speculates. Specifically: (a) An observer; a contemplator; hence, a spy; a watcher.

One who forms theories; a theorist.

One who engages in speculation; one who buys and sells goods, land, etc., with the expectation of deriving profit from fluctuations in price.

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Speculator Quotations

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.
Henry David Thoreau

If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average. Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.
Bernard Baruch

A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
Bernard Baruch

Speculator Translations

speculator in German is Spekulant
speculator in Spanish is especulador
speculator in Swedish is spekulant

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