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ECONOMIC THEORY > SPECULATION

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SPECULATION  

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  • BMW

Scope note

  • Purchase or sale of commodities, currencies or other assets, e.g., land, in the expectation of profit or protection against risk of loss arising from fluctuations in prices

Identifier

  • https://lib-thesaurus.un.org/LIB/DHLUNBISThesaurus.nsf/fee3fb01c865ac5d85256cf400648b1f/8d14527efbbd1cc085256aa0005f8e13
  • T0000653

In other languages

  • المضاربة

    Arabic

  • 投机

    Chinese

  • 买空卖空
  • 投机交易
  • SPECULATION

    French

  • Спекуляция

    Russian

  • ESPECULACION

    Spanish

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http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1006130

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