For both reports, this is the highest the speculative position has reached since Oct. 23.
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Barclays Capital said the rise in the speculative position comes on a combination of new longs and short covering activity.
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If worries about Cyprus increase, this could give gold a serious boost, especially given the speculative position in the futures market, Teves said.
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This puts the speculative short position at the highest since mid-August.
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The reason to keep the position small is because in my analysis Nokia is a speculative stock and we have firm guidelines for speculative stock that limit the position size.
It said it was Drexel's intention to take large position in speculative bonds to provide liquidity to the marketplace so institutions would feel comfortable investing there.
In particular, it may be difficult to determine whether principal risk has been retained because (i) the retention of such risk is necessary to provide intermediation and liquidity services for a relevant financial instrument or (ii) the position is part of a speculative trading strategy designed to realize profits from price movements in retained principal risk.
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Maybe, the alleged dumping of his gold position was George Soros figuring that the speculative fervor in precious metals had gotten out of hand.
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The speculative community has currently built a large net-long position, which creates the potential for some liquidation whenever an agreement is struck.
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Under the rules, there are two types of speculative limits, one for the spot month, and one for non-spot month position limits.
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Speculative positions in the platinum group metals eased lower, while speculators increased their net-short position in copper.
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