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Definition of Bear market
1. Noun. A market characterized by falling prices for securities.
Definition of Bear market
1. Noun. (finance) A stock market where a majority of investors are selling ("bears"), causing overall stock prices to drop. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bear Market
Literary usage of Bear market
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Profiting from Chaos: : Using Chaos Theory for Market Timing, Stock by Tonis Vaga (1994)
"These are the “A” waves of a three wave, ABC bear market within ... The initial
bear market wave is typically viewed as “just a minor pullback prior to the ..."
2. Money and Investments; a Reference Book for the Use of Those Desiring by Montgomery Rollins (1907)
"bear market. (See " Bear.") When so many are bears that their influence is
predominant in the market a " bear market " is said to exist, or a general fall ..."
3. The Value of Organized Speculation by Harrison Hardy Brace (1913)
"As for the liquidation of the bulls, such sales help to turn a bull market into
a bear market; but the change of sentiment is effected quicker if the bear ..."
4. The Market Assistant: Containing a Brief Description of Every Article of by Thomas Farrington De Voe (1867)
"(See history of the Bear-market, in " The Market-book," vol. i.) The following
will give some idea of their plentifulness in our State, and especially along ..."