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

The shrinking number of shares in the investable universe has been one of the pillars of recent bull markets. —Sarah Min, CNBC, 6 May 2026

Now, more than 40 years — and a huge bull market — later, those accounts have swelled into significant dollars. —Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026

Its only return is price appreciation, which over very long periods has roughly matched inflation with periods of significant outperformance during stress and underperformance during sustained equity bull markets. —Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2026

Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson told clients in a Sunday note that the Iran selloff was a correction inside an ongoing bull market, with earnings accelerating into the oil shock rather than rolling over. —Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bull market

• nonmarket
• premarket
• upmarket
• aftermarket
• patriarchate
• supermarket