bear market
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Nine months later, the index tallied its last record high before falling into a yearslong bear market as the dot-com bubble fizzled.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Chip stocks spent just 21 days in bear market territory.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
It has since rallied about 20 percent, putting it in a bear market.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
For a sense of how that could play out, look at 2022, the last sustained bear market, when surging inflation and the Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate increases hammered high-multiple tech.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 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