bull market

noun

: a market in which securities or commodities are persistently rising in value compare bear market

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Bear markets are usually shorter than bull markets, Schwab notes. Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025 The 16-year (64-quarter) US bull market has made the US overweight in every investor’s portfolio, in my opinion. Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025 In contrast, Wall Street’s nickname for a surging market is a bull market, because bulls charge. Cora Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025 Travel and entertainment bull markets are wavering. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bull market

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bull market was in 1858

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“Bull market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bull%20market. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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