bear market
noun
: a market in which securities or commodities are persistently declining in value compare bull market
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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.
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John Towfighi, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
At one point, the S&P 500 was even on the cusp of closing in bear market territory.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2026
So the prior market — that prior bear market is exhausted.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
And the scale of this pullback still pales next to its 75% collapse during the 2021–2022 bear market.
—Emily Nicolle, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
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John Towfighi, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
At one point, the S&P 500 was even on the cusp of closing in bear market territory.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2026
So the prior market — that prior bear market is exhausted.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
And the scale of this pullback still pales next to its 75% collapse during the 2021–2022 bear market.
—Emily Nicolle, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
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“Bear market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear%20market. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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