bull market

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Recent Examples of bull market The three-year bull market has been led by the tech giants, with Nvidia, Alphabet, Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc. alone accounting for more than a third of the S&P 500’s gains since the run began in October 2022. Jeran Wittenstein, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026 That pace has accelerated as the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Averages reached all-time highs on Jan. 9 as the bull market continued. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026 Tech and artificial intelligence stocks have powered US markets higher since October 2022, when OpenAI first debuted ChatGPT, marking the start of an AI bull market. John Towfighi, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025 The yearslong bull market presents a stark choice for investors as the calendar turns to 2026: Flee from ever-higher stock prices or trust that the good times will continue to roll. Max Zahn, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bull market
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bear market
Noun
  • The fund is now down around 22% from its recent high, meaning the software industry has officially fallen into bear market territory.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The 2020 pandemic did not accelerate bitcoin issuance, and the 2022 bear market did not slow it.
    Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

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“Bull market.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bull%20market. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.

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