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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=finance">finance</a>, <b>speculation</b> is the purchase of an <a href="page.php?w=asset">asset</a> (a <a href="page.php?w=Commodity_%28type_of_good%29">commodity</a>, <a href="page.php?w=good_%28economics%29">good</a>s, or <a href="page.php?w=real_estate">real estate</a>) with the hope that that asset will become more valuable in a brief amount of time.The term can also refer to <a href="page.php?w=short_sales">short sales</a>, in which the speculator hopes for a decline in value. Speculation often has a pejorative connotation,</p><p>
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