someone who risks money to make a profit is a gambler
selling land to farmers
No, Thomas Jefferson thought that it would be unfair to the original bondholders who had sold their bonds to the speculators.
speculators
A Stock market speculation means - Predicting the price of a market entity (A Stock for example) in future. If the speculation is positive, we buy. If our speculation is negative, we don't bye or sellbuy low sell high
Many speculators made good money during the rise. Some got over confident and increased their leverage by borrowing and investing the proceeds. Most of these lost big when the market eventually crashed. Some speculators, however, made short-sales and became richer as the market crashed.
An article at the link below says there are four types of speculators, bulls, bears, lame ducks, and slags.
bad because the speculators used the law to buy large amounts of land cheaply
The Proclomation of 1763 angered wealthy speculators because they owned land west of the mountains.
The Proclomation of 1763 angered wealthy speculators because they owned land west of the mountains.
Capital controls prevent hasty movements of money into and out of a country's economic system.
Buying and selling foreign currencies. Speculators take advantage of fluctuations in FX prices to make a profit.