He said several times that he did not view "speculation" as necessarily bad, adding that some investors, like airlines, needed to buy energy futures to hedge against volatility in prices.
In this view, speculation about a vast range of possible conditions in which life cannot exist is used to explore the probability of conditions in which life can and does exist.
We urge anyone with an interest in this issue to wait for the consultation to be published and see our plans in full and not base views on speculation about privatisation".
The claims about the Queen's views provoked speculation at Westminster about who could have been the source of the story, with many pointing the finger at Michael Gove, the pro-Brexit justice secretary who also attended the lunch in 2011.
Arsene Wenger has revealed he is against ground-sharing the Emirates, the stadium that Arsenal "suffered" to build, with Tottenham The Arsenal manager was expressing his views amid speculation over where Tottenham will play while their own stadium, White Hart Lane, is redeveloped.
But Opec's most powerful member, Saudi Arabia, has refrained from backing that view, prompting speculation it is more concerned with keeping market share than supporting prices.
Well before he became a free agent, Rodriguez was said to be looking forward to joining the Mets, but he labeled that view as speculation.
Wallner, the chairman, calls this view "pure speculation".
