bear market
Example Sentences
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That’s why any major pullback or bear market in stocks “will rock the economy,” she said, pointing to the 2001 recession that followed the bursting of the dot-com bubble.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
The S&P 500 rose by a robust 7.9% that quarter, rebounding from a sharp bear market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
But far from heralding an imminent big move upward in the market, a particularly severe bear market was about to begin.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
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
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
