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  Encyclopedia: Bear market
A bear market tends to be accompanied by widespread pessimism.
The opposite of a bear market is a bull market, when prices are rising in a financial market faster than their historical average prices and for a prolonged period of time.
A bear market is a phase in the life of a financial market, such as a stock market, in which the prices of most securities fall consistently, as reflected by a downward movement of one or more key stock market or other financial market indices.
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 Encyclopedia article: Bear market   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
By one common definition, a bear market is marked by a price decline of 20% or more in a key stock market index (Index based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocks) from a recent peak over at least a two-month period.
Indeed, a long bear market may include periods of temporary price increases, known as a bear market rally (additional info and facts about bear market rally).
The origin of "bull market" is even more obscure, but may relate to the common use of these animals in bloodsport (additional info and facts about bloodsport), i.e bear-baiting (additional info and facts about bear-baiting) and bull-baiting (additional info and facts about bull-baiting).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/be/bear_market.htm   (359 words)

  
 401khelpcenter.com - Bear Market: An Introduction For 401k Investors
When people speak of a "bear market," they mean a period of months or years during which the stock market declines by 15% or more.
For almost a decade, the market has enjoyed an unprecedented period of rising prices, hefty profits and general excitement which has, for the most part, kept the bears hiding in their caves.
Welcome to the Bear's Cave, where you will discover some of the principles of bear markets, understand why you should be prepared for them and learn how you can spare yourself the worst of stock market declines.
www.401khelpcenter.com /mpower/bears_intro.html   (194 words)

  
 the bear market report , UK the bear market report
Millennium Bear Market: a relentless decline in prices which began with the new millennium in 2000.
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The bear market may return as of April 05, or it may be over.
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 Bear market
A Bear Market is where the value of shares of stock listed on a stock exchange generally fall.
Investors, anticipating further losses, are thus motivated to sell.
A bull market is where the market generally rises.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/b/be/bear_market.html   (106 words)

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