Speculative Risk

  

See: Speculation. See: Speculative Company. Same thing.

Extreme risk with no real, logical residual value if the company fails.

Like...if you build an office building in a decent part of town, it'll be worth something. Maybe less than what you paid for it. But it won't be worth zero...like a dry oil well would be.

See the movie Holes for details.

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