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bear market
[ bair mahr-kit ]
noun
Stock Exchange.
- a financial market characterized by investment prices that are falling or that are forecast to fall. Compare bull market ( def ).
bear market
- A market, especially a stock market , characterized by falling prices; the opposite of a bull market .
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of bear market1
First recorded in 1870–75
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The worst bear market in that period will still be fresh in the memories of many investors.
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A bull market ends when stocks fall 20 percent below their last high — a period known as a bear market.
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That dragged stocks down and pulled the S&P 500 into a bear market in 2022, erasing more than 20 percent of its value from January to October.
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A big part of the S&P 500 breaking free of a bear market in 2023, despite lingering concerns about a recession, was due mainly to a runup in various tech stocks.
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Yet he also believes stocks are in the "early stages" of their recovery after falling into a bear market last year.
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