bear market
noun
: a market in which securities or commodities are persistently declining in value compare bull market
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The Nasdaq has decreased nearly 16% over that period, putting the tech-heavy index in a bear market — when stocks fall at least 20% from their most recent high.
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Alain Sherter, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2025
The Nasdaq closed in a bear market for the first time since 2022, down more than 20% from its record high in December.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2025
Still, numbers crunchers at the Stock Traders Almanac don’t see a full-fledged bear market coming, noting that corrections like the current one only morph into bears one-third of the time.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2025
Our worry is that, given the depth now below the 200-DMA (more than the average/median of below periods), the recent pullback represents a trend change and the start of a new bear market.
—Randy Watts, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Alain Sherter, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2025
The Nasdaq closed in a bear market for the first time since 2022, down more than 20% from its record high in December.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2025
Still, numbers crunchers at the Stock Traders Almanac don’t see a full-fledged bear market coming, noting that corrections like the current one only morph into bears one-third of the time.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2025
Our worry is that, given the depth now below the 200-DMA (more than the average/median of below periods), the recent pullback represents a trend change and the start of a new bear market.
—Randy Watts, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Bear market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear%20market. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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