bear market
Example Sentences
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Stocks came within a whisker of a new bear market, Treasury yields spiked and the VIX “fear gauge” reached a level not seen since the Covid-19 panic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Typically, a 20% drop is considered the definition of a bear market.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
And if small-caps are a tiny or nonexistent part of your stock allocation today, the next bear market could be an opportunity to fix that.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
A bear market is considered 20% down from a recent high.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Instead of the price of wheat going up, as it should have done at this season of the year, wheat has been forced down and down by a strong bear market.
From The Automobile Girls at Chicago or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds by Crane, Laura Dent
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.