bear market
noun
: a market in which securities or commodities are persistently declining in value compare bull market
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The fund is now down around 22% from its recent high, meaning the software industry has officially fallen into bear market territory.
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
The 2020 pandemic did not accelerate bitcoin issuance, and the 2022 bear market did not slow it.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
That sent bonds and the dollar tumbling and stocks an inch away from a bear market in April before recovering sharply through the end of 2025 after Trump backed off some of his harshest tariff threats.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
So the prior market — that prior bear market is exhausted.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
The 2020 pandemic did not accelerate bitcoin issuance, and the 2022 bear market did not slow it.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
That sent bonds and the dollar tumbling and stocks an inch away from a bear market in April before recovering sharply through the end of 2025 after Trump backed off some of his harshest tariff threats.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
So the prior market — that prior bear market is exhausted.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Bear market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear%20market. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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