Business Quote by Washington Irving

Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services.

— Henry Ford

The opposite of speculation is to be present to the world simply as it is.

— Jeff Kober

“I have always found it amazing that in exchange for paper I can get a book or a dress, that the stock market actually…

— Siri Hustvedt

Personally I don't think day traders are speculating, because traditional speculation requires some market knowledge. They are, instead, gambling, which doesn't.

— Arthur Levitt Jr

Stock speculation is largely a matter of A trying to decide what B, C and D are likely to think-with B, C and D…

— Benjamin Graham

“… in these new days and in these new pages a philosophical tradition of the spontaneity of speculation kind has been rekindled on the…

— Richard Mc Sweeney

Speculative markets have always been vulnerable to illusion. But seeing the folly in markets provides no clear advantage in forecasting outcomes, because changes in…

— Robert J. Shiller

Yeah, I think speculation keeps things really interesting.

— Adam Lambert

The line separating investment and speculation, which is never bright and clear, becomes blurred still further when most market participants have recently enjoyed triumphs.…

— Warren Buffett

The game of speculation is the most uniformly fascinating game in the world. But it is not a game for the stupid, the mentally…

— Jesse Lauriston Livermore

“After all, what does the stock market sell us if not the unfounded hope of a rosy future?”

— Haruki Murakami

Fear and hope remain the same; therefore the study of the psychology of speculators is as valuable as it ever was. Weapons change, but…

— Edwin Lefevre