speculative selling
1speculative — securities that involve a high level of risk. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * speculative spec‧u‧la‧tive [ˈspekjlətɪv ǁ leɪ ] adjective 1. FINANCE bought or done in the hope of making a profit: • Their £461 million bid for the electronics… …
2Speculative attack — A speculative attack is the massive selling of a country s currency assets by both domestic and foreign investors. Countries that utilize a fixed exchange rate are more susceptible to a speculative attack than countries utilizing a floating… …
3Homosexuality in speculative fiction — (SF) refers to the incorporation of gay themes into science fiction or fantasy fiction and related genres. Such elements may include a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transexual LGBT character as the protagonist or a major character, or exploration of… …
4Speculation — Speculator redirects here. For the village, see Speculator, New York. For the Montana mining incident, see Speculator Mine disaster. This article is about the financial term. For other uses, see Speculation (disambiguation). Financial market… …
5penny stock — Stock Exchange. common stock, usually highly speculative, selling for less than a dollar a share. [1930 35, Amer.] * * * …
6Currency — The former Italian unit of currency was the lira (lire in the plural form). Its origins lie in the monetary reforms of Charlemagne, undertaken between 793 and 794. Twenty soldior 240 denari constituted a lira. By the 13th century, there were… …
7penny stocks — Low priced stock issues often highly speculative, selling at less than $1 a share …
8Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
9international payment and exchange — ▪ economics Introduction international exchange also called foreign exchange respectively, any payment made by one country to another and the market in which national currencies are bought and sold by those who require them for such… …
10Subprime mortgage crisis — Part of a series on: Late 2000s financial crisis Major dimensions …
