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Bull Markets vs. Bear Markets

The Stock Market for Beginners • Beginner Investing • 5 min

"Bull market" and "bear market" are two of the terms you'll hear more than almost any others in financial news, and they describe exactly what they sound like: sustained periods of rising prices (bull) and sustained periods of falling prices (bear). The most common convention defines a bull market as a rise of 20% or more from a recent low, and a bear market as a decline of 20% or more from a recent high —…

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