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A Bull Market is…

Friday, June 12th, 2009

A bull market is a market in which prices of securities are increasing or are expected to increase by 20% or more within the length of a year. In general, the term is used to describe a market that is seeing an upward trend. It’s named “bull” because of the way bulls thrust their horns into the air when showing aggression. It is the opposite of a bear market.