The lending initially triggered feverish speculation in real estate and stocks.

这笔借款最初激发了在房地产和股票上狂热的投机。

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Speculation mounted during the day that France and Italy were preparing to announce a suspension of negative bets against stocks.

有传言称，法国和意大利准备宣布停止对股票的卖空交易。

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It concluded the crisis was not primarily driven by declines in crop yields or stocks, nor rising demand for meat and feed grains or even futures market speculation.

研究结果认为：2008年的粮食价格危机的主要原因不是粮食产量或储备量减少，也不是肉类和饲料谷物的需求增长，甚至也不是期货市场的投机行为。

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So people use contracts for differences to do short term speculation in stocks, not physical purchases: moving to another legal structure rather than another legal jurisdiction if you like.

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My guess is that commodity speculation would slow, stocks would rise, real estate would stabilize and begin to climb, and small businesses would start investing in their future once more.

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