bull market

noun

: a market in which securities or commodities are persistently rising in value compare bear market

Examples of bull market in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Global investors have been making a cautious return to the Chinese stock market as cheap valuations and Beijing’s policy support allowed a number of equity benchmarks to roar into bull markets. Charlotte Yang, Fortune Asia, 16 May 2024 To run their experiment the researchers estimated rates of return for a bear market and a bull market. Paolo Confino, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bull market 

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Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bull market was in 1858

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“Bull market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bull%20market. Accessed 31 May. 2024.

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