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bear market

[bair mahr-kit] / ˈbɛər ˈmɑr kɪt /


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“I worry about healthcare, long-term care, inflation, a long bear market and living to 95.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

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

That’s why any major pullback or bear market in stocks “will rock the economy,” she said, pointing to the 2001 recession that followed the bursting of the dot-com bubble.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

The S&P 500 rose by a robust 7.9% that quarter, rebounding from a sharp bear market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 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


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