bull market

noun

: a market in which securities or commodities are persistently rising in value compare bear market

Examples of bull market in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This will cause the bond bull market to reverse, Hu said. Laura He, CNN, 3 July 2024 But the party was only getting started for Gen X and boomers, who already had stocks, and for the next ten years enjoyed one of the longest bull markets in history. Byanne Lester, Fortune, 3 July 2024 The great bull market of 1929 crashed not once but several times: crashed and recovered, crashed and recovered, crashed and did not recover. Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024 Indeed, in the mid-Eighties, as the bull market took on a certain sinister aspect, these traders seemed to lose control of events. Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bull market 

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Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bull market was in 1858

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“Bull market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bull%20market. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

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