Extraordinary optimism sustained an orgy of speculation.
Therefore, speculation should be done by experts in speculation, who have a specialized knowledge of the market, specialize in estimating the trend of prices and earn money easily.
No longer simply a business speculation, it became a patriotic crusade.
Every conceivable Protestant sect was publishing treatises of theological speculation and publishing treatises of religious propaganda at an extraordinary rate.
That election must be held by 2013, although speculation has intensified that the prime minister will call an early poll for later this year or early next.
The revelation in the latest BIS quarterly review, published today, confirms market speculation about a move out of dollars and could put new pressure on the ailing US currency.
Is it speculation run amok?
We also have the problem of financial speculation.
Her zealously guarded private life (she is unmarried and childless) has prompted prurient media speculation.
Unlike his predecessor, Mr Bernanke recognises the problem of excessive speculation and the massive externalities its sudden reversal can impose.
What most people call investing today is, in fact, speculation, based on the hope that we - or someone we've hired - can identify underpriced or overpriced assets.
In France, some members of his opposition Socialist party, like party chief Martine Aubrey, raised speculation Strauss-Kahn might even run for the French presidency next year, if he is cleared.
Thee report was based on rumors, speculation, and innuendo.
After intense speculation on who would get the role of" Xiaolongnü", the part was finally offered to her.
So “profiteers” arise. People referred them as “two-way merchants”, who benefited from price difference by engaging in speculation and profiteering, such as long-distance trafficking of goods.
But this is only speculation.
It is a time for clear thinking and analysis, not uninformed speculation.
Joe Kennedy Sr., the patriarch of the Kennedy's made his money... well it's not clear exactly, though it involved stock speculation, real-estate, liquor and movies.
This is only speculation, of course.
It was by his advice that my father risked most of his property in the speculation that ruined him.
This past month, there has been a flurry of news, speculation, discussion and debate concerning methane gas escaping from Arctic permafrost and its impact on the global climate system.
Although its causes are still the subject of intense scientific speculation, archaeologists see a definite cessation of inscriptions and architectural construction.
That has led to a brief interruption in the torrent of proposals aimed at curbing speculation.
In fact, speculation abounds about what purpose the spines serve.
Another speculation is that the human lifespan could be greatly extended, something that would wreak havoc on all population projections.
A lack of winter snow on Japan's famed Mount Fuji has sparked speculation the volcano could erupt for the first time in three centuries, but experts denied any link between snow and seismic activity.
Still, speculation has grown that senior jobs may be in jeopardy, especially after Culture Minister Giuliano Urbani boasted ahead of the festival that with his hand-picked team in place this would be a year to remember.
