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bear market

[bair mahr-kit] / ˈbɛər ˈmɑr kɪt /


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Read: You might be shocked by how many stocks are in a bear market right now.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 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

Many on Wall Street view a decline of at least 20% from a record high as defining a bear market.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

The house had a large bull clientèle, which was holding its stocks, and not selling on a bear market.

From The Value of Money by Benjamin M. Anderson




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