Devisenspekulation

== German == === Etymology === Devise (“foreign exchange”) +‎ -n- +‎ Spekulation (“speculation”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [deˈviːzn̩spekulat͡sjoːn] Hyphenation: De‧vi‧sen‧spe‧ku‧la‧ti‧on === Noun === Devisenspekulation f (genitive Devisenspekulation, plural Devisenspekulationen) (finance) currency speculation, forex speculation (the act of purchasing or selling a foreign currency with the expectation that its value will change, in order to profit from the exchange rate fluctuations) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== Währungsspekulation (currency speculation) Währungswette (currency bet) ==== Antonyms ==== Währungsabsicherung (currency hedging; the conservative counterpart) Währungsstabilität (currency stability) ==== Coordinate terms ==== Arbitrage (arbitrage; risk-free profit from price differences) Hebelgeschäft (leverage transaction) Carry Trade (investing in a currency with a high interest rate while borrowing in one with a low rate) Short-Position (short position; betting on a falling exchange rate) ==== Related terms ==== Spekulant (speculator) devisenmarktabhängig (dependent on the forex market) === References === “Devisenspekulation”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Devisenspekulation” in Duden online