bear market
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The percentage of respondents expecting “boom” conditions—above trend growth and inflation—was the highest since Feb. 2022, the starting point for the last bear market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
On the flip side, Belgium at $725 billion and Ireland at $714 billion would be economies he could fall behind if the Musk industrial complex fell into a bear market.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
And those two are the only funds in the table whose track records include both the bear market of 2000-02 and 2008-09.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
U.S. investors don’t talk much about the 2011 bear market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
He was a bull in a bear market; and the more he lost the more he thought the inevitable "rally" in prices was due.
From The Tipster 1901, From "Wall Street Stories" by Edwin Lefevre