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bear market
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Noun1.bear market - a market characterized by falling prices for securitiesbear market - a market characterized by falling prices for securities
securities industry, market - the securities markets in the aggregate; "the market always frustrates the small investor"


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They lack the risk control mechanism that is so important to profiting in volatile bear markets like the one we just went through.
The last three major stock market bubbles ended with the Dow:Gold ratio above 18:1, while the last two major bear markets (1932 and 1980) ended with the ratio near 1:1 At the height of the equities bull market in 1999, the Dow:Gold ratio peaked at over 40:1.
Bear markets are the opposite--stock prices are falling, and the view is that they will continue falling.
 
 
 
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