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What is a speculator?

What is a speculator? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. One who speculates; an observer; a contemplator.
  2. One who forms theories; a theorist.
  3. (business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principle for the potential of substantial returns.
  4. (rugby) Synonym of field goal
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I take his point that a volatile market is much easier for a speculator with reliable information to manipulate.
The strategy that fits the needs of a speculator will probably have no place in the portfolio of a long term investor.
The speculator is betting on changes in the price, while the arbitrageur is betting on changes in the spread.
When markets turn vulnerable, the enterprising speculator may this time decide to reverse his long position and go short.
We electrocute the Italian and print pictures of the wheat speculator in our magazines as an example of Success.
But someone needs to take the other side of the bargain, and that usually requires a speculator.

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