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bear market

[bair mahr-kit] / ˈbɛər ˈmɑr kɪt /


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His base case is that, since March 2020, G-7 bonds “have entered a structural bear market after a 39-year bull market.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Back then, stocks were mired in a painful bear market as the Federal Reserve kicked off an aggressive series of interest-rate hikes that many feared would drive the U.S. economy into a recession.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

The S&P 500 reached its dot.com peak on March 24, 2000, then tumbled 49% to its bear market low in late 2002.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

U.S. investors don’t talk much about the 2011 bear market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 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 Laura Dent Crane




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