bear market

noun

Definition of bear marketnext
as in bull market

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Recent Examples of bear market If a bear market arrives shortly after retirement, a cash reserve can allow a family to meet expenses without immediately selling long-term investments into weakness. — Steve Booren, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2026 Launching into a bear market is the tell Schwab shipped into weakness. — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026 Even the more routine setbacks, such as the nine-month cyclical bear market of 2022, take an investor back in time. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026 The once-soaring Kospi index has plunged 27% after a hitting a record high last month, putting it well into bear market territory. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 18 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bear market
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bull market
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  • Having entered the business in the 1970s and shepherded clients through the post-2000 tech-wreck and then the global financial crisis, he has lately been fixated on the prospect that the secular bull market that began in 2009 is in its waning phase.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
  • So, even if the bull market persists, assume the price will rise gradually.
    — Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
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