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Bull / Bear Markets
A Bull Market is a term used in the investment world referring an investment climate in which prices on the whole are rising or expected to rise in the near to mid-term. Bull Markets are characterized by a prevaling sense of optimism, steadily increasingly investor confidence, and the expectation that positive results will come and continue. All Bull Markets come on the heal of Bear Markets, their opposite, or long periods of market stagnancy.
The terms “Bull” and “Bear” to describe financial markets come from the manner in which these animals naturally attack their opponents. A bull thrusts its head and horns up into the air – hence a rising market, whereas a bear slams its paws downward – hence a falling market. The origin of these phrases are obscure, but the Oxford Dictionary cites an 1891 use of the term “bull market”, while Online Etymology Dictionary relates the word “bull” to “inflate, swell”, and dates its stock market connotation to 1714.
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Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_market#Bull_market
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