bear market
noun
: a market in which securities or commodities are persistently declining in value compare bull market
Example Sentences
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Dean Seal, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 Those shares have provided alternatives for investors in Korea’s tech-heavy stock market, which has been in a bear market amid a weak global economic outlook and concerns about aggressive rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. Youkyung Lee, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2022 In the last 50 years, only one bear market — which happens when stocks close down 20% or more from their most recent high — was not accompanied by a recession. Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 19 Aug. 2022 As investors have been reassessing the outlook, a few weeks ago the S&P 500 fell into a bear market, a rare and grim sign of pessimism, which Wall Street defines as a 20 percent fall from a recent peak. New York Times, 30 June 2022 Economy's rough week:Interest rate hike, bear market, crypto crash, and more happened this week. Russ Wiles, USA TODAY, 19 June 2022 That means a bear market, when an index has fallen 20% or more from a recent high for a sustained period of time. CBS News, 14 June 2022 The pile of concerns weighing on the market has pushed the benchmark S&P 500 to the brink of a bear market, which is when an index falls 20% from its most recent record high. Damian J. Troise, ajc, 24 May 2022 The news media is full of stories about a bear market, which is usually defined as a fall of twenty per cent or more, but what is happening needs to be put into perspective. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 24 May 2022 See More
Dean Seal, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 Those shares have provided alternatives for investors in Korea’s tech-heavy stock market, which has been in a bear market amid a weak global economic outlook and concerns about aggressive rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. Youkyung Lee, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2022 In the last 50 years, only one bear market — which happens when stocks close down 20% or more from their most recent high — was not accompanied by a recession. Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 19 Aug. 2022 As investors have been reassessing the outlook, a few weeks ago the S&P 500 fell into a bear market, a rare and grim sign of pessimism, which Wall Street defines as a 20 percent fall from a recent peak. New York Times, 30 June 2022 Economy's rough week:Interest rate hike, bear market, crypto crash, and more happened this week. Russ Wiles, USA TODAY, 19 June 2022 That means a bear market, when an index has fallen 20% or more from a recent high for a sustained period of time. CBS News, 14 June 2022 The pile of concerns weighing on the market has pushed the benchmark S&P 500 to the brink of a bear market, which is when an index falls 20% from its most recent record high. Damian J. Troise, ajc, 24 May 2022 The news media is full of stories about a bear market, which is usually defined as a fall of twenty per cent or more, but what is happening needs to be put into perspective. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 24 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
bear entry 1 (one that sells in expectation of a price decline)
First Known Use
1858, in the meaning defined above
bear markets
noun
as in bull markets
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- bull markets
- markets
- requests
- seller's markets
- demands
- buyer's markets
- calls