speculations
Unproven financial bets
Speculations are guesses or theories formed without firm evidence.
The word often implies intellectual risk-taking—reasoning beyond what can be proven: His speculations about the origin of the universe.
In finance, speculations are risky investments made in hopes of large gains: Her speculations in tech stocks paid off handsomely.
Conclusions drawn without proof
- suppositionBelief without proof
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- surmiseGuess from incomplete information
hunch · intuition · guesstimate · theorizing · musings · wonderings · hunches · notions
Explanatory set of principles
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- postulateAssumed starting point
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
proposition · abstraction · metaphysics · epistemology · ontology · what-if · counterfactual · ideation
Informal talk spreading rumors
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
- whispersSpeaks very quietly
- scuttlebuttInformal rumor or speculation
- innuendoOblique disparaging remark
buzz · grapevine · chatter · talk · allegations · leaks · tittle-tattle · rumors
Predicts future conditions
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- predictionsForecasts of future events
- outlookAttitude toward the future
- prognosticationForetelling future events
anticipation · expectations · scenarios · modeling · extrapolation · foresight · fortune-telling · prophecy
Ownership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- real-estateProperty and land
- portfolioCollected works or assets
trading · securities · futures · options · equities · dividends · bullish · bearish
guesswork
Conclusions drawn without proof
- suppositionBelief without proof
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
surmise · hunch · intuition · guesstimate · theorizing · musings · wonderings · hunches · notions · impressions
theory
Explanatory set of principles
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- postulateAssumed starting point
premise · proposition · abstraction · metaphysics · epistemology · ontology · what-if · counterfactual · ideation · conceptualization
gossip
Informal talk spreading rumors
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
- whispersSpeaks very quietly
- scuttlebuttInformal rumor or speculation
innuendo · buzz · grapevine · chatter · talk · allegations · leaks · tittle-tattle · rumors · unconfirmed
forecasts
Predicts future conditions
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- predictionsForecasts of future events
- outlookAttitude toward the future
prognostication · anticipation · expectations · scenarios · modeling · extrapolation · foresight · fortune-telling · prophecy
stocks
Ownership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- real-estateProperty and land
portfolio · trading · securities · futures · options · equities · dividends · bullish · bearish · IPO
- thoughtsthought, idea, thoughts, ideas, thinking
- collected writingsanthology, compilations, compilation, collections, excerpts
speculationsfacts
Verifiable pieces of truth
certainties · proofs · truths · measurements · hard evidence
speculationsempirical research
Investigation grounded in observation
investigations · experiments · observations · analyses · measurements
speculationssavings
Accumulated money kept
bonds · abstentions · guaranteed returns · index funds · hedges
- idle speculation
- market speculationRisky investment based on predictions
- land speculationBuying terrain for profit
- financial speculationRisky trading for profit
- stock speculationRisky investment in equities
- currency speculationBetting on exchange fluctuations