For those who are interested in getting a little more speculative, a name that has not performed that well yet since the report was published is Credit Suisse ( CS).
In my history, covered calls always seem to end well, particularly relative to a speculative play on a low-priced stock.
Instead, such wealth, if it does stay at home, is being parked in whatever assets might bring a speculative return or a currency hedge against a falling U.S. dollar.
This is a complex inquiry that may seem irrelevant, speculative or a fishing expedition.
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Is this yet another misadventure on Wall Street, a manic euphoria that makes for a speculative bubble followed by a spectacular blow-off?
Of the 11 research analysts following Ivanhoe Mines, 9 rate the stock a "buy" or "speculative buy, " according to Bloomberg, a surprising endorsement for a stock trading at 27 times revenue and whose chief potential payoff--a speculative big strike in Mongolia--is years away.
The former will take time to scale to make a huge difference day-to-day, and the latter is clearly the most speculative (a subject for another day).
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Finally, the emergence of cloud exchanges for spot trading could lead to a speculative futures market, bringing a whole new approach to risk management.
That was the case in April 2011, when a speculative frenzy pushed prices to a three-decade high only to be followed by a selloff that knocked prices down 31% in the space of a week.
The second aspect of the Singularity that Stross takes a look at in his anti-Singularity arguments is the prospect of uploading the brain into a computer, which is a popular means in speculative fiction for a type of immortality.
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But now a speculative real estate bubble is popping, creating a fresh headache for the country's new rich as they scramble to hold on to wealth.
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At first, they might seem like mostly a precious metals investment product, a speculative vehicle, sort of like trading paper shares in a gold ETF.
Such a large and liquid market is less vulnerable to speculative attack than a small one, such as Greece's or Portugal's.
That suggests there is a speculative element to the boom, with financial investors regarding farmland as a bet on higher commodity prices or as a hedge against more general inflation.
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Russell Duncan then fired a speculative long-range effort wide of the post, but it was a rare chance in a quiet opening spell.
Perhaps the turmoil of the past few weeks, by pricking a speculative bubble and making investors reassess risks, has itself sown the seeds of a recovery.
With the Georgians failing to clear a speculative ball hovering in the penalty area, Beattie pounced and, as Lomaia advanced, the Celtic striker lashed home a low left-foot shot.
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In the short run, at least, the herd behavior of the pros makes it even harder for you to take a winning bet against the "speculative element" in a stock's price.
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This doubled shortly after, when a speculative shot squeezed past the impressive goaltender, Adam Baxendale.
But not the one that spurred a speculative rally in the stock on Monday.
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Global monetary policy may unleash a speculative dash into natural resources and emerging markets near term.
The film, as earnest as it is ill-advised, hangs a speculative drama on one of them.
But in 1787, the government bailed out investors who had lost money in a speculative share deal.
After a speculative peak in March quotas representing around 12m tonnes of CO2 per day changed hands.
All the usual caveats apply: this is one paper, it is indeed a speculative paper and so on.
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Adomanis bases his assertion not on actual alcohol mortality data, but on a speculative extrapolation from Rostat data.
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That is important because it means that there is no hoarding, typically a prerequisite for a speculative bubble.
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It claimed it was a "risky and speculative" development which was not a good use of scarce public funds.
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Using energy to make solar cells is, accordingly, speculative, not a long term means of reducing consumption of non-renewable fuels.
Private investment under the program is allowed for a speculative portion, speculative because investments can south as well as north.
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