bear market
noun
: a market in which securities or commodities are persistently declining in value compare bull market
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The intraday low at the bottom of the Great Financial Crisis bear market was, famously, 666.
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
Crypto and crypto-adjacent products and services have experienced significant growth, adoption, and acceptance since the last bear market kicked off by the collapse of FTX, but still are – for all intents and purposes – a fringe component of the financial world.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Even during the worst bear markets, these tokens can generate yields and annual percentage rates (APRs).
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
The stock market selloff in April marked the end of a bear market, according to Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson, who said a new bull market has started.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2025
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
Crypto and crypto-adjacent products and services have experienced significant growth, adoption, and acceptance since the last bear market kicked off by the collapse of FTX, but still are – for all intents and purposes – a fringe component of the financial world.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Even during the worst bear markets, these tokens can generate yields and annual percentage rates (APRs).
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
The stock market selloff in April marked the end of a bear market, according to Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson, who said a new bull market has started.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bear market
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“Bear market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear%20market. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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