Bull and bear markets

• laurence82

  23 Feb 08, 14:00

  Bull market

  A bull market tends to be associated with increasing investor confidence, motivating investors to buy in anticipation of further capital gains. The longest and most famous bull market was in the 1990s when the U.S. and many other global financial markets grew at their fastest pace ever.^[4]

  In describing financial market behavior, the largest group of market participants is often referred to, metaphorically, as a herd. This is especially relevant to participants in bull markets since bulls are herding animals. A bull market is also described as a bull run. Dow Theory attempts to describe the character of these market movements.

  The United States has been described as being in a long-term bull market since about 1983, with brief upsets including the Panic of 1987 and the NASDAQ crash of 2000.

  Bear market

  A bear market is described as being accompanied by widespread pessimism. Investors anticipating further losses are motivated to sell, with negative sentiment feeding on itself in a vicious circle. The most famous bear market in history was after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and lasted from 1930 to 1932, marking the start of the Great Depression.^[5] A milder, low-level long-term bear market occurred from about 1967 to 1983, encompassing the stagflation economy, energy crises in the 1970s, and high unemployment in the early 1980s.

  Prices fluctuate constantly on the open market; a bear market is not a simple decline, but a substantial drop in the prices of a range of issues over a defined period of time. By one common definition^{[attribution needed]}, a bear market is marked by a price decline of 20% or more in a key stock market index from a recent peak over a 12-month period. However, no consensual definition of a bear market exists to clearly differentiate a primary market trend from a secondary market trend.

  Investors frequently confuse bear markets with corrections. Corrections are much shorter lived, whereas bear markets occur over a longer period with typically a greater magnitude of loss from top to bottom.

• rlsh07

  23 Feb 08, 14:01

  is this about stock market though?

• popikachu

  23 Feb 08, 20:23

  Yea!

  But i open one thread in Club 30 liao...

  >.<"

• SilverRevo

  24 Feb 08, 00:25

  ah lau this is so sudden.

  what are you trying to hint us?

• laurence82

  24 Feb 08, 00:26

  in an answer to a sms sent to me

  lolz

  harlo yandao kia, where  u been?

• rlsh07

  24 Feb 08, 15:01

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  in an answer to a sms sent to me

  lolz

  harlo yandao kia, where  u been?

  hmm.. u two seen each other before ar?

• SilverRevo

  24 Feb 08, 17:39

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  in an answer to a sms sent to me

  lolz

  harlo yandao kia, where  u been?

   

  Slack, go sc outings, play com game, slack some more, go poly crash lectures, go work part time, go quit part time.

  It's boring without your lurve. =X

• SilverRevo

  24 Feb 08, 17:40

  Originally posted by rlsh07:

  hmm.. u two seen each other before ar?

  Yeah we have been seeing each other. 

• fairlady_xoxo

  24 Feb 08, 17:42

  very very interesting...right now i assume its the bear market right?

• bladez87

  24 Feb 08, 17:45

  yup...now bear market.

• laurence82

  24 Feb 08, 17:51

  Originally posted by SilverRevo:

   

  Slack, go sc outings, play com game, slack some more, go poly crash lectures, go work part time, go quit part time.

  It's boring without your lurve. =X

  my lurve? MY LURVE?

  u rejected my lurve leh

• rlsh07

  24 Feb 08, 18:00

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  my lurve? MY LURVE?

  u rejected my lurve leh

  
  but he say u guys been dating though

• fairlady_xoxo

  24 Feb 08, 18:02

  secretly? or officially?

• rlsh07

  24 Feb 08, 18:06

  Originally posted by fairlady_xoxo:

  secretly? or officially?

  
  i think underground one

• laurence82

  24 Feb 08, 18:08

  no underground one

  silverrevo quite cute wor

  as attested by many SC members

   

• rlsh07

  24 Feb 08, 18:10

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  no underground one

  silverrevo quite cute wor

  as attested by many SC members

   

  
  yeah he quite cute though. cute n mysterious

• cApitaland

  24 Feb 08, 18:25

  Originally posted by rlsh07:

  
  yeah he quite cute though. cute n mysterious

  hahaa Revo she hinting you liao. nextime can dig fossils together.

• seotiblizzard

  24 Feb 08, 19:14

  Errrrr. Huh??

• SilverRevo

  24 Feb 08, 20:05

  Originally posted by cApitaland:

  hahaa Revo she hinting you liao. nextime can dig fossils together.

  for 10 seconds I was thinking what dig fossil.

  now I get it. =/

  the rock that I uncovered underneath the sands of Sentosa, I think it's recovered by sand. =(

• seotiblizzard

  24 Feb 08, 20:10

  Huh? Sentosa can find fossil meh?

• SilverRevo

  24 Feb 08, 20:23

  Originally posted by seotiblizzard:

  Huh? Sentosa can find fossil meh?

  swatch, casio, rolex also have.

• seotiblizzard

  24 Feb 08, 20:25

   wth. Ok i get it.

• popikachu

  24 Feb 08, 21:39

  But i still think that mouse and elephant sound nicer lol

• rlsh07

  25 Feb 08, 00:13

  Originally posted by popikachu:

  But i still think that mouse and elephant sound nicer lol

  
  elephant? hmm...?

• SilverRevo

  25 Feb 08, 00:21

  may as well say pikachu and snorlax.