bull market

noun

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as in bear market

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Recent Examples of bull market Having entered the business in the 1970s and shepherded clients through the post-2000 tech-wreck and then the global financial crisis, he has lately been fixated on the prospect that the secular bull market that began in 2009 is in its waning phase. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026 So, even if the bull market persists, assume the price will rise gradually. — Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 The bull market has chased out two of the most famous shortsellers, Jim Chanos and Nate Anderson. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bull market
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bear market
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  • Investors worried that higher rates could lead to an economic slowdown and potentially a recession, pushing the Dow and the other major averages to fall into bear market territory.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 29 July 2026
  • That time period covers the dotcom collapse, the global financial crisis, the COVID crash and the 2022 bear market.
    — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
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