BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Bull Market
- a market in which prices are rising and in which a dealer is more likely to be a buyer than a seller.
- See also Bear Market
Additional Resources
- The Case for a Bull Market
- Is this a bull or bear market? After a rally of more than 50% by the S&P 500, some investors are debating the question of bull market versus bear market. Moreover, those of us who have benefited from this rally are taking the prudent step to evaluate whether this is...
- External links 2009-09-24
- The Greatest Bull Market that No One Loves
- William Smead submits: From the March 9th lows to the September 17th close, the stock market has gone up more than 50% as measured by the S&P 500 Index. Everywhere we look at Smead Capital Management, we have a hard time finding anyone who loves this bull market. Why is...
- External links 2009-09-18
- Bull Market Check-Up
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Below we have updated our table of historical S&P 500 bull markets (at least a 20% gain that was preceded by at least a 20% decline) since index data begins in 1927. The table is sorted by bull market length. The...
- External links 2009-10-15
- BULL MARKET MEANS LITTLE AS LOCAL VALUES SINK DEEP.
- Bull market? What bull market? Not among the stocks of companies in Northeast Ohio, there wasn't. Even as popular stock market indexes such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 continued to defy gravity and climbed ever higher ...
- Research articles 1999-05-24
- This Bull Market Has Legs
- In my view, the markets are in the early stages of a significant rally that could last for several months. Although the economy may grapple with debt-strapped consumers and other factors that led to last year's collapse, significant market rallies have historically taken place during times of economic rebuilding. While...
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Cadbury Bid Indicates We're in a Stock Bull Market
- The $17 billion hostile bid for Cadbury CBY should' bring home the inherent underlying actual strength of this bull market as the bid signals that business is returning to normal. Today's bid by Kraft Foods KFT sent the Cadbury stock price soaring by more than 38% and clearly illustrates that...
- External links 2009-09-08
- Healthcare: A Winning Sector in the Next Bull Market
- William Smead submits: Paul Lim is a business writer for the New York Times and he had an interesting thesis in his article on July 19th entitled, “Picking Winners in the Next Bull Market”. He correctly acknowledged that it would be highly unusual for the leading sector of the previous...
- External links 2009-07-22
- Dow Theory's Barely Palatable Bull Market
- Dividend Inc. submits: On September 10th, we got a renewal of the Dow Theory bull signal when the Dow Industrials DIA and Dow Transports IYT both went to a new high since the low of March 9th. Remember, the fact that both indexes turned around from the low...
- External links 2009-09-12
- Bear Market Rally or Bull Market Correction?
- The debate continues over the path of the market: bloggers continue to be bullish, and strategists are expecting a 20% gain in 2009, but $900 gold, the recent sell-off in stocks and wary economic news has kept bears calling for further declines. On December 1, Birinyi Associates did not...
- External links 2009-01-26
- Are We Still in a New Bull Market?
- Benjamin Taylor submits: View video on The Third Pig or YouTube Last month I posted and videoed about whether or not we were in a bull market based on five market indicators. I said that one way to tell if we’re in...
- External links 2009-02-22
- 10 Necessary Ingredients for a New Bull Market
- Since the November lows, we have been inundated with various declarations of an end to this bear market. While admirable, most of these “the bottom is in” calls seem to have been predicated on the heightened levels of fear that were seen in the $VIX in late November. ...
- External links 2009-03-05
- Dow Hits New Bull Market Highs
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Don't look now, but the Dow just hit a new intraday bull market high. As shown below, the start of November looks much like the start of October. Both times the Dow traded down to its 50-day moving average, held support,...
- External links 2009-11-09
- Raymond James' Jeff Saut: A New Secular Bull Market on Its Way?
- Market Folly submits: Raymond James' chief investment strategist Jeffrey Saut is back with his latest weekly market commentary. This week's piece, entitled "'Tis the season?", focuses on how we have entered the best six months for equity markets historically. The months of November through April have typically performed better than...
- External links 2009-11-18
- Is This a Secondary or Primary Bull Market?
- Prieur du Plessis submits: Ever since Richard Russell Dow Theory Letters called a “Dow Theory bull signal” last Thursday, the debate has been rekindled as to whether the U.S. stock markets are experiencing a primary secular bull market or a rally within a primary bear market, i.e. a secondary...
- External links 2009-07-31
- Bear Market Rally, or New Bull Market?
- Tsachy Mishal submits: That the market would eventually pull back after rallying 40% off the lows was the easy trade. However, in the coming weeks investors will need to decide if this is indeed the start of a new bull market or a bear market rally. I am...
- External links 2009-05-17
- Will a Bull Market Break Out?
- Jeffrey Bernstein submits: Before I even get started, I will come clean and remind readers that a year ago I suggested that a new bull market could be born out conditions just becoming less bad Introducing the Less Worse Bull Market. Major flub, total bonehead call, the market imploded 4...
- External links 2009-06-04
- Lexmark, Kentucky Printer Manufacturer, Goes Public in Bull Market.(Originated from Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
- LEXINGTON, Ky.--Oct. 22--Lexmark Holding Co.'s bid to sell shares to the public is riding on the coattails of a strong stock market. The bull market is being paced by the frenzy in the high-technology industry -- something unseen since the early days oLEXINGTON, Ky.--Oct. 22--Lexmark Holding Co.'s...
- Research articles 1995-10-22
- Rallying cries.(return of bull market)
- The bull market has returned to global stock exchanges with an irrational exuberance even more pronounced that before the summer 1998 market decline. The US election results and cuts in interest rates in many countries are among the factors that restored market optimism. LONDON, NEW YORK, PARIS AND...
- Research articles 1998-11-14
- Stealth Stocks Bull Market Heading for Summer Correction
- The stealth stocks bull market that has soared by 27% on the Dow and 20% on the FTSE these past 7 weeks has left the bears battered and bruised. After every decline that 'MUST' signal the proverbial resumption of the bear market was subsequently BUSTED, we saw some of the...
- External links 2009-04-28
- Talent Management: A Bull Market Luxury?
- Are diversity initiatives a bull market luxury? A survey of top employers for women is a useful guide for any employee interested in top talent managers. As the economic outlook for the UK generally darkens, companies are starting to look for operational cost...
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
