bear market
noun
: a market in which securities or commodities are persistently declining in value compare bull market
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Oil services stocks experienced a bear market cycle in 2024, noting the VanEck Oil Services ETF (OIH) lost roughly 12%, which stands in contrast to a gain of 23% for the S & P 500 .
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Katie Stockton, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2025
But the stock cast a pall on the realities of the situation, again a bear market phenomenon.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Katie Stockton, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2025
But the stock cast a pall on the realities of the situation, again a bear market phenomenon.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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“Bear market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear%20market. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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