However, I have been investing for years and have been successful.
So now that you have attempted to set yourself up as some kind of all-knowing sage by parading your "credentials" to try to prove your superiority why not just admit that perhaps not all of the people who bought over the last couple of days were fools or "speculators?"
The Miriam-Webster definition does not prove your point. Sorry.
It sounds like you were one of those speculators and are trying hard to justify yourself.
would u mind telling us all what your invested in now???...what u bought yesterday?