1.   It was also thought that jobbers would stabilise prices through their short-term speculative activities.

2.   Following intense speculative activity in the residential sector recently, the Government threatened to crack down on the use of companies for the purchase of residential property.

3.   He concedes there was some speculative activity in certain small technology stocks during the quarter.

4.   Internet stocks, the epicenter of speculative activity for much of the year, took another hard hit Tuesday.

5.   Increasing the volatility of both the stock and bond markets lately has been a greater than usual amount of speculative activity.

6.   That is, while the Chinese are unlikely to clamp down on Hong Kong, there may be some tightening of regulations on some speculative activities.

7.   That, coupled with the consolidation of the pulp and paper industries and an initial lack of speculative activity, could leave the contract dead in the water.

8.   The moves are intended to encourage exporters to exchange their foreign currency income faster, and to discourage some speculative activities in the market.

9.   The moves aim at encouraging exporters to exchange their foreign currency income faster, and to discourage some speculative activities in the market.