bear market
noun
: a market in which securities or commodities are persistently declining in value compare bull market
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This is mostly because the three-year lookback lands at the exact peak of the market preceding the 2022 bear market, a particularly unflattering start point.
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2025
First, in 2001, 2008 and 2019, these peaks were hit after a bear market had already begun.
—Michael Foster, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Emerging strongly from its bear market lows, Bitcoin has reasserted itself as one of the best-performing assets of the year.
—Leeor Shimron, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
To which some might say that demand for that which is finite won’t always remain constant such that there will be bitcoin bear markets too.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2025
First, in 2001, 2008 and 2019, these peaks were hit after a bear market had already begun.
—Michael Foster, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Emerging strongly from its bear market lows, Bitcoin has reasserted itself as one of the best-performing assets of the year.
—Leeor Shimron, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
To which some might say that demand for that which is finite won’t always remain constant such that there will be bitcoin bear markets too.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Bear market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear%20market. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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