bear market
noun
: a market in which securities or commodities are persistently declining in value compare bull market
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Further, tech tends to get hit hard during bear markets, despite it including the biggest firms and their ironclad, fortress-like balance sheets.
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Bret Kenwell, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
For now, stocks are not experiencing a repeat of April’s meltdown, when the S&P 500 crashed nearly 20% from its prior high to flirt with a bear market.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 12 July 2025
While discretionary spending may decline in bear markets, health care demand remains resilient.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 10 July 2025
The index, led by stocks like Nvidia (NVDA) and Microsoft (MSFT), has roared back from a bear market as optimism about the AI boom has resurged.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
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Bret Kenwell, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
For now, stocks are not experiencing a repeat of April’s meltdown, when the S&P 500 crashed nearly 20% from its prior high to flirt with a bear market.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 12 July 2025
While discretionary spending may decline in bear markets, health care demand remains resilient.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 10 July 2025
The index, led by stocks like Nvidia (NVDA) and Microsoft (MSFT), has roared back from a bear market as optimism about the AI boom has resurged.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
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“Bear market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear%20market. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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