investment funds,
investment the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
smart money people who are highly experienced or who have inside information; "the smart money said Truman would lose the election"
speculation -
a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture"
hypothesis,
theory,
possibility a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"
speculation -
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
opinion,
view the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)
speculation -
continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature; "the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge"
speculation -
The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
speculation -
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.
speculation -
A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
speculation -
Power of sight.
speculation -
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.
Wikipedia
In finance, speculation is a financial action that does not promise safety of the initial investment along with the return on the principal sum. Speculation typically involves the lending of money or the purchase of assets, equity or debt but in a manner that has not been given thorough analysis or is deemed to have low margin of safety or a significant risk of the loss of the principal investment. The term, "speculation," which is formally defined as above in Graham and Dodd's 1934 text, Security Analysis, contrasts with the term "investment," which is a financial operation that, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and a satisfactory return.
