speculativeness meaning

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speculativeness (noun): financial risk.

speculativeness has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

speculativeness as a noun

  1. financial risk
    • he rejected stocks that didn't pay dividends because of their speculativeness

    Type of: riskiness

    Related forms: speculative

  2. the quality of being a conclusion or opinion based on supposition and conjecture rather than on fact or investigation
    • her work is highly contentious because of its speculativeness and lack of supporting evidence

    Type of: uncertainty

    Related forms: speculative

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