speculator
/ˈspɛkjəˌleɪtər/
noun
- A person who takes financial risks in the hope of making a large profit, especially by buying and selling assets like stocks, land, or commodities.
- The stock market speculator made a fortune by selling shares just before they dropped.
- Many speculators lost money when the housing bubble burst.
- A real estate speculator bought several houses in the neighborhood before prices went up.
- A person who forms theories or guesses about something without enough evidence.
- The news article quoted a political speculator who predicted the election results.
- The historian dismissed the writer as a mere speculator, not a serious researcher.
- He was known as a speculator, always making bold claims about the future of technology.