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bear market

[bair mahr-kit] / ˈbɛər ˈmɑr kɪt /


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The S&P 500 reached its dot.com peak on March 24, 2000, then tumbled 49% to its bear market low in late 2002.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

U.S. investors don’t talk much about the 2011 bear market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Many on Wall Street view a decline of at least 20% from a record high as defining a bear market.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

“Autocallable ETFs will show their colors” in a bear market, said Calamos’s Kaufman.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

He was a bull in a bear market; and the more he lost the more he thought the inevitable "rally" in prices was due.

From The Tipster 1901, From "Wall Street Stories" by Edwin Lefevre




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