bear market

noun

Definition of bear marketnext
as in bull market

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Recent Examples of bear market Google and Meta are in a bear market, down more than 20% since their peaks in May and August 2025, respectively. — Lucy Bayly, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026 Meta stock plunged after the hyperscaler drifted into negative free cash flow, while China entered bear market territory with Alibaba’s stock dropping 6%, as investors questioned the return on its AI investments. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Strategy briefly departed from that stance earlier this year, however, selling Bitcoin on four separate occasions during a bear market that pushed the cryptocurrency’s price as low as $58,000 in June. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026 Growth will almost certainly cool, but earnings rising 12% instead of 30% would hardly make a compelling case for a bear market. — Andrew Graham, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bear market
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bull market
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  • To be clear, this remains a bull market, the S&P 500's uptrend unbroken, with constant rotations between AI tech and remainder of the market fitfully supporting the tape, with pullbacks limited to 3% for half a year.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The bull market of the early 2010s was called the most hated rally in history.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
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