bear market
Example Sentences
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Well, then, so is January, when the horrific bear market of 1973-74 began, initiating a 48% wipeout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 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
The big risk for investors in autocallables, though, is a major drawdown in the reference assets that fails to recover back above the maturity barrier in a severe and prolonged bear market.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
The longer a financial crisis or bear market stretches on, more autocallables held by the ETF may be at risk of losses should they expire with their maturity barriers still breached.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 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
