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	On Speculation and Gambling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Jaumdally write, regarding speculation, "...it is a process that relies on the analysis of a lot of economic and financial data, companies' financial reports, political decisions, information about management skills and aptitude and the personal profile of the decision maker".
		Speculation is not a source of "signals to less-informed investors" investors.
		Speculation is based largely on sentiment, which has no solid foundation or standard of measure, so it does not "stabilize prices".
	islamic-world.net /economics/speculation_and_gambling.htm (2656 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Speculation
		More specifically, speculation is used to designate dealings in futures and options on the Exchanges, especially when the parties to the transaction do not intend any effective transference of commodities or securities, but only the payment of differences between making-up prices and those agreed on.
		The speculator, even if he succeeds, produces nothing; he reaps the fruit of the toil of others, he is a parasite who lives by preying on the community.
		Speculation indeed has its defenders and advocates, especially among brokers and jobbers, who claim that it equalizes prices and prevents the fluctuations which would otherwise be inevitable.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14211a.htm (1597 words)

	speculation - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		speculation practice of engaging in business in order to make quick profits from fluctuations in prices, as opposed to the practice of investing in a productive enterprise in order to share in its earnings.
		The term is sometimes applied to investment in a venture involving abnormal risks along with the chance to earn unusually large profits, but most speculation consists in the buying and selling of commodities and stocks and bonds with the object of taking advantage of rapid changes in price.
		In the late 1990s speculation was most evident in the enormously high market value attained by some Internet and computer company stocks and in the on-line day trading of stocks.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-speculat.html (552 words)

	Speculation - Mises Institute
		The common dictionary definition of speculation is that a speculation is an investment in a risky business venture with the potential for large gains (or losses).
		As Carret articulated it, speculators do so by "opening reservoirs of capital to the growing enterprise, shutting of the supply of capital from enterprises which have not profitably used that which they already possess." In this respect, the speculator is an "advance agent" directing capital to its highest uses.
		In a world without speculators, every farmer would have to hedge his or her own crops, every banker his or her own securities, and every insurer his or her own promises to underwrite the next disaster.
	mises.org /fullarticle.asp?control=320&month=13&title=Speculation&id=14 (2909 words)

	Land Speculation: What Is It Bad For?
		When many speculators are doing this in some area at the fringe of a city, often developers skip around them to areas further away from the city.
		In other cases, when speculators are buying land within a city they expect to be developed soon, development instead shifts to other, less expensive, areas, and the speculators lose out.
		Other land speculators buy land in order to develop, expecting the rise in land value to be a big chunk of their profits.
	www.progress.org /archive/fold43.htm (941 words)

	Speculation
		If a speculative load executes successfully, the memory value is loaded into the target register in the same fashion as a normal load.
		IA-64 provides an instruction for advanced speculative loading allowing the data dependency to be broken, and allowing the scheduling of the load of *b prior to the store of flag.
		The speculative check then reloads the value into the target register, and any subsequent instructions with data dependencies must wait until the load is completed.
	www.cs.nmsu.edu /~rvinyard/itanium/speculation.htm (870 words)

	People speculated to have been autistic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This speculation is done by some autistic people, parents of autistic children, webmasters, journalists, and autism professionals.
		Speculated by Tony Attwood at a conference in New York in October 1999 [1].
		Speculated by Tony Attwood at a conference in New York in October 1999 [9] [10].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/People_speculated_to_have_been_autistic (1975 words)

	Speculation in stock markets
		Barely a decade ago, speculation was frowned upon by the regulators and the stock market witnessed a brief phase when the mechanism to carry-forward trades from one settlement to another was abolished.
		It was not speculation as described earlier, but there was considerable overlap between people who participated in the market to carry-forward trades and the banned after-hours market for trading in shares.
		Speculation and after-hours trading have often drawn the ire of regulators.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /iw/2001/01/07/stories/0707g101.htm (955 words)

	Foldvary: Speculation versus Investment
		Financially, speculation means the ownership of an asset with the intent to profit from expected changes in supply or demand.
		For example, a speculator buys a share of stock not to benefit from the dividends or the earnings of a company, but because he expects the demand for the stock to rise, lifting its price.
		Speculators might also stabilize a market by buying more when it looks like there will a reduction in supply, and then selling when the supply actually is reduced, helping to ease the lack.
	www.progress.org /archive/fold238.htm (811 words)

	Investor Home - Speculation, Investment, Gambling, and Subdiversification defined
		One of the most thorough discussions of "speculation" appeared in the Fall 1993 issue of the Journal of Portfolio Management and was authored by Martin Fridson (author of It Was a Very Good Year and Investment Illusions).
		Of these the foremost are: (1) speculating when you think you are investing; (2) speculating seriously instead of as a pastime, when you lack proper knowledge and skill for it; and (3) risking more money in speculation than you can afford to lose.
		Speculation is always fascinating, and it can be a lot of fun while you are ahead of the game.
	www.investorhome.com /gambling.htm (2313 words)

	speculation - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Speculation, buying and selling with a view to making a profit.
		Human Condition: Man is different from animals in that he…, Logic: While to deny the existence…, Speculation: A speculator is a man who observes...
		If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.
	au.encarta.msn.com /speculation.html (143 words)

	Speculation Quotations
		A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
		Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services.
		If there were no bad speculations there could be no good investments; if there were no wild ventures there would be no brilliantly successful enterprises.
	www.quotationsbook.com /subjects/1145/Speculation (273 words)

	Speculation Rules - increase and preserve your wealth with the Speculation Rules anti-investment strategies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Speculation rules also emphasize that both investment and speculation have financial risk.
		These pages of speculation rules are built on the premise that life itself is filled with risk.
		These articles were not written by an investment advisor - but by speculators with decades of failures and successes behind them -- and ahead of them.
	speculationrules.com (469 words)

	Parlett's Historic Card Games: Speculation
		He was a whist player himself, and perhaps might feel that it would not much amuse him to have her for a partner.
		The highest trump, in each deal, wins the pool; and whenever it happens that no trump is dealt, the company pool again, and the event is decided by the succeeding round.
		The purchaser may not look at their faces, but must place them face down at the bottom of his or her stack and turn them up in the normal course of play.
	www.davidparlett.co.uk /histocs/speculat.html (776 words)

	Speculation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Speculation, in the narrow sense of financial speculation, involves the buying, holding, selling, and short-selling of stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, collectibles, real estate, derivatives or any valuable financial instrument to profit from fluctuations in its price as opposed to buying it for use or for income via methods such as dividends or interest.
		Speculators in an asset have no intention to have long term exposure to the asset.
		Occasionally some dramatic event will occur such as the effort of the Hunt brothers to corner the silver market or the currency speculations of George Soros or the speculative trading of Nick Leeson, which caused the collapse of Barings Bank.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Speculation (872 words)

	Why Speculate?
		Because we are confronted by speculation at every turn, in print, on video, on the net, in conversation, we may eventually conclude that it must have value.
		Because no matter how many people are speculating, no matter how familiar their faces, how good their makeup and how well they are lit, no matter how many weeks they appear before us in person or in columns, it remains true that none of them knows what the future holds.
		Then there is the speculative work of anthropologists like Helen Fisher, who claim to tell us about the origins of love or of infidelity or cooperation by reference to other societies, animal behavior, and the fossil record.
	www.crichton-official.com /speeches/speeches_quote03.html (4166 words)

	The Jewish Ethicist: Speculation
		When speculators hoard a commodity anticipating a future shortage, the result is that when there is indeed a future shortfall in supply, adequate stockpiles will exist.
		However, ideally each individual speculator should occasionally examine his investments and make sure that he hasn't created a situation where he is "betting against the home team" and subtly alienating himself from the community.
		None of Rabbi Meir's economic arguments in defense of speculation are applicable, however, with regard to land speculation, which is the underlying cause of low wages, unemployment, recessions and depressions.
	www.aish.com /societyWork/work/The_Jewish_Ethicist_Speculation.asp (1101 words)

	Speculation Central // (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		You are viewing these forums as a guest, which means that in order to be involved in discussions you must be registered and logged in.
		And by chatting with other members, you can get a chance to see speculations, from the plausible to the just plain bizarre, all in one place.
		Speculation Central is currently on hiatus, and will be relaunched soon, complete with a brand new skin.
	www.speculationcentral.com (190 words)

	Speculation Rules The Anti-Investment Blog : Wealth Is Preserved Through Diversification --
		Learn the speculation rules governing your time and money.
		Speculator, voracious reader, beach walker, game player, Bible thumper, and coffee sipper.
		As in all of life - the risks are fully yours - the rewards are also fully yours (less the share for your partner, the government).
	speculationrules.blogspot.com /2006/06/wealth-is-preserved-through.html (898 words)

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		Abstract - The question of speech origins is discussed in the light of the theory that humans had semi-aquatic hominid ancestors.
		The subtle "voluntary" control of breathing and airway closure in mammals in general is a pre-adaptation for speech (15,16).
		All of this is very speculative but interesting enough to elaborate the hypothesis of the aquatic origin of speech and to propose a possible scenario for speech emergence.
	allserv.rug.ac.be /~mvaneech/Fil/Verhaegen_Language_SpeculationsScienceTechnology.html (2574 words)

	Atkin & Co. - Speculation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Speculation besides being a wholesome big boat will also sail well and should be fast.
		In this connection it may be interesting to mention that the fastest of the Huntington fleet is rigged much like our little craft here and I am sure she will prove entirely satisfactory.
		Speculation measures 18 feet in overall length, with a 4 foot 3 1/2 inch beam and a draft with the centerboard up of 6 inches.
	www.boat-links.com /Atkinco/Sail/Speculation.html (228 words)

	Speculation Rules The Anti-Investment Blog
		To my mind the prerequisite here is for the quantitative approach, which is based on the calculation of the probabilities in each case, and a conclusion that the odds are strongly in favor of the operation's success.
		It is not necessary that this calculation be completely dependable in each instance, and certainly not mathematically precise, but only that it be made with a fair degree of knowledge and skill.
		The key to success in speculation is many small losses more than offset by a few huge gains.
	speculationrules.blogspot.com (1922 words)

	Speculation Lands Collection
		Speculation Land Company Papers, #2876, Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Southern Historical Collection.
		Land speculation was rampant during the period following the Revolutionary War and in North Carolina it was extraordinarily active in the 1790's.
		In the late 1820's another series of speculative land ventures occurred and the voracious acquisition of land began again.
	toto.lib.unca.edu /findingaids/mss/speculation_lands/default.htm (2789 words)

	Global currency speculation and its implications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The remaining 20% of transactions in 1975 were speculative, which means that the sole purpose was an expected profit from buying and selling currencies themselves, based on their changing values.
		Currencies from countries with strong economies and sound monetary and fiscal policies were given more value than currencies from countries with shaky or weak economies and policies.
		Bernard Lietaer has been a financial adviser to transnational corporations and to developing countries, and was a professor of international finance at the University of Louvain in Belgium.
	www.twnside.org.sg /title/nar-cn.htm (2215 words)

	Speculation Press - Wholesale Orders
		Speculation Press pays for shipment of the books to bookstores via book rate.
		All bookstores ordering directly from Speculation Press will automatically be listed on our web site with the bookstore's address and phone number.
		It is Speculation Press' belief that working together we increase the options, and therefore the enjoyment, of the reading public, which includes ourselves.
	www.speculationpress.com /bookstore.htm (264 words)

	Speculation at Flicker Gaming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A few years ago, when I was opitmistically trying to get an internship at Valve without experience, programming knowledge, or a knack for level-design, I wrote up a little two page analysis of what I thought about their brand new service “Steam,” and where I thought it could potentially take them as a company.
		I think you should be able to play complimentary multiplayer (where the two scrolls are actually different), and you should be able to do that in a “campaign” mode.
		At this point, I feel like it’d be better for me to put on a blindfold, spin around fifteen times, and throw a dart at a calendar…but The Inquirer (always to be taken with a grain of salt) is suggesting that their “deep throat” nintendo contacts believe the Wii might launch in September.
	www.flickergaming.net /index.php/category/speculation (1381 words)

	BioWare: Pure Speculation: The Last Best Hope For Geeks
		The purpose of the convention is to give the science fiction and fantasy fans in Edmonton an event where they can cut loose and really embrace their inner geek.
		However they are involved in SF&F, whether through gaming, movies, or literature, Pure Speculation is going to give them a glimpse of their hobby they might not have had before.
		My goal is to make Pure Speculation self-sustaining, so that we can afford to keep it going and give the Edmonton fans something to look forward to every year.
	www.bioware.com /biozone/articles/2005_10_26_PureSpeculation/index.html (1079 words)

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