A Bear Market is…

June 12th, 2009

A bear market is a market in which prices of securities are decreasing or are expected to decrease by 20% or more within the length of a year. In general, the term is used to describe a market that is seeing a downward trend. It’s named “bear” because of the way bears claw the ground when showing aggression. It is the opposite of a bull market.

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