bear market
noun
: a market in which securities or commodities are persistently declining in value compare bull market
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The Dow has experienced various bull and bear markets, from the roaring 1920s to the Great Depression, the exuberance of the dot-com bubble in the 1990s to crash of the early 2000s, and the slides and rebounds of the financial crisis of 2008 and the Covid-19 pandemic in the early 2020s.
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John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Looking back over the past few decades, the only times MSFT traded more than 20% below the 200-DMA for extended periods were during major bear markets — the internet stock crash, the global financial crisis and 2022, for example.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 4 Feb. 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
So the prior market — that prior bear market is exhausted.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
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John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Looking back over the past few decades, the only times MSFT traded more than 20% below the 200-DMA for extended periods were during major bear markets — the internet stock crash, the global financial crisis and 2022, for example.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 4 Feb. 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
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 12 Feb. 2026.
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