Hedging vs. Speculation

Hedgingnoun

The act of one who hedges (in various senses)

Hedgingnoun

Any plant used to form a hedge

Hedgingnoun

The use of intentionally ambiguous statements

Hedgingnoun

any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change

Hedgingnoun

an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement;

Speculationnoun

The process of thinking or meditating on a subject.

Speculationnoun

(philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.

Speculationnoun

A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.

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An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.

Speculationnoun

The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.

Speculationnoun

Examination by the eye; view.

Speculationnoun

(obsolete) Power of sight.

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A card game in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.

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(programming) The process of anticipating which branch of code will be chosen and executing it in advance.

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The act of speculating.

Speculationnoun

Examination by the eye; view.

Speculationnoun

A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; view; notion; conjecture.

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Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.

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Power of sight.

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The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.

Speculationnoun

A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.

Speculationnoun

The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.

Speculationnoun

Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits.

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a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

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a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence);

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an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits;

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continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature;

Speculation

Speculation is the purchase of an asset (a commodity, goods, or real estate) with the hope that it will become more valuable in the near future. In finance, speculation is also the practice of engaging in risky financial transactions in an attempt to profit from short term fluctuations in the market value of a tradable financial instrument—rather than attempting to profit from the underlying financial attributes embodied in the instrument such as value addition, return on investment, or dividends.