Speculation

Speculation is the purchase of an asset (a commodity, goods, or real estate) with the hope that it will become more valuable in the near future. In finance, speculation is also the practice of engaging in risky financial transactions in an attempt to profit from short term fluctuations in the market value of a tradable financial instrument—rather than attempting to profit from the underlying financial attributes embodied in the instrument such as value addition, return on investment, or dividends. Many speculators pay little attention to the fundamental value of a security and instead focus purely on price movements. Speculation can …

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Fraser Institute · 7 May 2024 English

Despite substantial spending increases by the British Columbia government, the province’s health-care wait times have increased and student test scores have declined. After nearly a decade of relative spending restraint, …

increase on excise tax on cigarettes and a speculation tax on residential properties. Growing debt


DDN: Dundurn Press · 23 April 2024 English

At the end of World War II, a young Japanese Canadian would stand trial and face execution for having committed war crimes and betraying his country.One of the most bizarre …

name — was born on May 24, 1916. There is some speculation that the first two characters in his name were


CCF: Canadian Constitution Foundation · 4 April 2024 English

Form 68A, Notice of Application to Divisional Court for Judicial Review

Emergency cannot be declared based on unfounded speculation that danger due to crowding might arise due to


PMLQ: Parti marxiste-léniniste du Québec · 1 April 2024 French

La demande de certaines sections de la classe dirigeante de criminaliser la lutte de n'importe quelle section de travailleurs pour leurs droits a prévalu parce que cette lutte nuisait à …

impensable... » Un argument du type « et si » est une spéculation non fondée, un sophisme contrefactuel. Il s'agit avaient été différentes. Il s'agit au mieux d'une spéculation, qui n'est pas fondée sur des preuves et qui


Environmental Defence · 27 March 2024 English

While the federal government continues to announce support for capital projects, such as major light rail and subway builds like the Ontario Line, the lack of support for public transit …

towns and cities in these regions have public speculation by proactively assembling transit networks characterized


CHRC: Canadian Human Rights Commission · 27 March 2024 English

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in advance of the Committee’s development of the List of Issues Prior to Reporting for Canada’s 2nd Periodic Review …

been cut-off from treatment on the basis of speculation that they were sharing medication with other


CHRC: Canadian Human Rights Commission · 27 March 2024 English

Following the expiration of the mandate of the Panel, some of its members released four reports33 regarding the implementation and operation of the SIUs, which raise a number of serious …

been cut-off from treatment on the basis of speculation that they were sharing medication with other


AUP: Athabasca University Press · 26 March 2024 English

The story of Cape Breton presents an opportunity to reflect on how industrialization and deindustrialization have shaped human experiences. Contributors capture the vital elements of a region on the rural …

Formations 1 Empire, Colonial Enterprise, and Speculation: Cape Breton’s Coal Boom of the 1860s 23 Don blank23 1 Empire, Colonial Enterprise, and Speculation Cape Breton’s Coal Boom of the 1860s Don Nerbas front matter.Empire, Colonial Enterprise, and Speculation 25 in a familiar seafaring world. But coal mining power, coal proved particularly susceptible to speculation and the exaggerated hopes of invest- ors in Halifax end of the GMA’s monopoly unleashed a spate of speculation and promotion that brought into stark relief


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 22 March 2024 English

Do policy-makers need to rethink fiscal policies to ensure the financial benefits from critical minerals are shared fairly?Are current fiscal approaches and policies aligned with national strategies, including ensuring that …

(“How to Avoid,” 2023) as well as a degree of speculation in the financial markets. Some studies suggest


BCCLA: BC Civil Liberties Association · 18 March 2024 English

held in Paterson, the critical limit here is urgency.3 When we unpack the content of urgency in the context of exigent circumstances, it demands that the targeted risk be imminent …

police officer’s claim of exigent circumstances.5 Speculation is insidious because it is immune to interrogation


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