11. In Indonesia, stocks fell to six-month lows this week amid concern speculators are about to target the rupiah. 12. One agent said speculators would still be interested in the project in view of the attractive pricing. 13. Speculators are especially active in the currencies of countries with wide swings in foreign exchange rates, interest rates and stock market indices. 14. Speculators might be able to influence futures on narrow-based indexes relatively easily, perhaps by manipulating the price of only one stock within the index. 15. Some speculators will be sorely disappointed, investors and analysts said. 16. Then the speculators were wise investors who understood the economies of the future. 17. Those speculators had been the major buyers of wheat contracts in recent weeks as prices rose. 18. Anwar said it is time Malaysians admitted there are problems with the economy, and that currency speculators alone are not to blame for its financial crisis. 19. Blamed for things are city speculators. 20. Currency speculators will be delighted if a CBS is implemented. |