BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Bear Market
- a market in which prices are falling and in which a dealer is more likely to sell securities than to buy them.
- See also Bull Market
Additional Resources
- Actually, the Bear Market Might Be Ending
- While I do not disagree with some of Michael Markowski's interpretations of the current market environment, interpretational frameworks sometimes lead us to the wrong conclusion. I agree that this has been a secular bear market, but in my opinion that does not preclude significant gains over the coming months. ...
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- This Bear Market Still Has Claws
- I respect that Bruce McCain is relying on Ned Davis's research to identify past bear and bull markets and his conclusion from their data that the market may have already bottomed. However, I disagree with their theory that 1939 was the end of a secular bear market that began in...
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- Was This Bear Market Really So Different?
- While the recent downturn was one of the worst on record, the recovery looks a lot like previous bounce-backs. And that means many of the old investing lessons still apply. ...
- Articles 2009-09-29
- The End of This Bear Market Rally Is Near
- My opponent Bruce McCain believes that the "markets are in the early stages of a significant rally that will play out in the coming months." I strongly disagree. I believe that the markets are in the later stages of a powerful bear market rally that is close to its peak....
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- The Case for a Bear Market Rally
- Are we in a bull or bear market? That is the question many are asking with the S&P 500 up 50% from its March 9th low. Whether we are in a new bull market or just experiencing another bear market rally is important for investors to answer. Today, I will...
- External links 2009-09-14
- Bear Market In Its Final Stages?
- Bear markets exhibit a process of risk subsiding over time as excesses are corrected, valuations improve, and pessimism builds. This bear market is now roughly a year old, and signs are appearing that it may be in its final stages. September and October are historically the two most difficult months...
- External links 2008-09-07
- Winning Investment Style in a Bear Market
- Michael Zhuang submits: July 2008 marks the start of a bear market after all major market indices have fallen more than 20% from their most recently peaks. This article is part two of my three-part research on bear markets. In part one, I researched how long a bear market lasts....
- External links 2008-08-08
- Commodities in Bear Market Mode
- For a very long time, commodities were in a protracted bear market. Each time prices went up, they hit the top of a wide channel and were pushed down… until 2004 when the CRB broke above the channel and went on a wild ride. More and more the bull...
- External links 2008-09-11
- Commodities in Bear Market Mode
- For a very long time, commodities were in a protracted bear market. Each time prices went up, they hit the top of a wide channel and were pushed down… until 2004 when the CRB broke above the channel and went on a wild ride. More and more the bull...
- External links 2008-09-11
- Responding to Bear Market Conditions
- David Shvartsman submits: How do you, as a trader or investor, respond to bear market conditions? To spur your thinking on this subject, I will present two very different views on how investors might respond to the same bear market conditions. In the following passages, Bennet Sedaca of Minyanville, and...
- External links 2008-08-07
- How Unusual Is a Bear Market in Oil?
- Tim Iacono submits: A story in USA Today yesterday began "Finally, investors have a bear to get excited about. Oil now is in unofficial bear market territory, with the price of a barrel of crude falling to $115.20, down 21% from its July 3 peak." A good question...
- External links 2008-08-11
- Bear market lumbers over Nasdaq
- The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite Wednesday won the dubious honor of being the first major U.S. stock index to be in a bear market in more than six years. After weeks of flirting with a 20% drop from its previous high, the unofficial definition of a bear,...
- Research articles 2008-02-07
- Bullish financial ads in a bear market; Advertisers place prominent ads as experts debate value of marketing in tough times.(Advertising)(Brief Article)
- Byline: KATE MADDOX Staking out its position as a leader in the bear market, Merrill Lynch & Co. last month ran an aggressive eight-page ad spread in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and other business publications. The insert, which...
- Research articles 2002-09-09
- Short Interests: Bear market claws at gains in black investment.(News)
- Byline: Brooke Southall, Bruce Kelly and Rick Miller The hard-fought gains of investment firms attempting to draw black Americans into the stock market have largely been lost during the bear market of the past two years. ...
- Research articles 2003-06-30
- Fidelity to finger a select few advisers: Bear market drives major shift in strategy.
- Fidelity Investments is refocusing its efforts on a select group of its advisers. In a significant concession to the bear market, the Boston investment giant is abandoning its "market-dominance" strategy, in which it tried to be all Fidelity...
- Research articles 2002-03-18
- INVESTORS FLEE U.S TRUST SHARES, BUT WORRIES MAY BE MISPLACED: GOOD STOCK IN BEAR MARKET, ANALYSTS SAY
- Wall Street cheered when U.S. Trust Corp. released better-than-expected earnings last month, adding more than 10% to its stock price. But when the market started its slide, investors fled, assuming that a bear market would pummel earnings at the privaWall Street cheered when U.S. Trust Corp....
- Research articles 1998-08-17
- Lessons From Past Bear Market Bottoms
- Frederic Ruffy submits: The S&P 500 Index SPY tumbled 18 percent last week and closed at 899.22 Friday. The S&P 500 has fallen 42.5 percent since October 9, 2007. While the brutal one-year slide has some market watchers drawing comparisons to the bear market of 1973-74, the 1987 plunge,...
- External links 2008-10-13
- How Long Will the Bear Market Last?
- What a week! What a month! S&P 500 started around 1,250 a month ago, was as high as 1,200 at some point two weeks ago, and no one had ever imagined it could drop below 850 last Friday. I gave out an 800 target in August last year at one...
- External links 2008-10-14
- Bear Market: Hunting For Value
- Chad Brand submits: During the last bear market in 2000-2002, there were dozens of situations where individual stock valuations looked down right silly. This bear market will be no different, and long term value-oriented investors can take advantage of the fact that in times like these, numerous bargains can...
- External links 2008-10-16
- Dead Bear? The bear market may be over, but industry oversight is still sick.
- Careful market watchers have noticed positive market action since the October lows. Is the bear market over? My guess is yes. There are doubters, of course, like the one wirehouse investment strategist who recently cut equity allocation, saying the market is speculative. Sure, we could still hit lower lows....
- Research articles 2003-01-01
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