How to Use bear market in a Sentence

bear market

noun
  • Indeed, Whirlpool’s stock is off by more than a third since the start of the bear market.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • But experts are hopeful that the end of the bear market is in sight.
    Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 2 Oct. 2022
  • In a bear market, in other words, the price is right for anonymity.
    Jessica Klein, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2023
  • None of this makes the losses from the soon-to-be bear market of 2022 any easier to abide.
    Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2022
  • Stocks’ big rally from the bear market is more like a dead cat bounce, UBS says.
    Alan Murray, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2022
  • But stocks bounced a bit from there and have managed to avoid a bear market, at least so far.
    Arkansas Online, 31 May 2022
  • The worst part of a bear market, besides the fears of penury, is the uncertainty.
    Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2022
  • Has this really been the worst bond bear market of all time?
    Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The benchmark index has risen 7.1% since coming to the edge of a bear market two weeks ago.
    Damian J. Troise and Alex Veiga, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022
  • Of course, there’s a lot to worry about in this current bear market.
    Simon Moore, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • That is a violent bear market and the stock needs a lot of time and price to repair the damage.
    Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 19 July 2022
  • Just over 9 months and the average bear market is done.
    Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Wall Street defines a bear market as a drop of 20% or more from a recent high.
    David Marino-Nachison, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The index is down more than 20% for the year, having entered a bear market two weeks ago.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 30 June 2022
  • So below are some strategies that may help you in a bear market.
    Simon Moore, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Her flagship fund has lost half its value in the middle of a bear market.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 27 May 2022
  • The Dow entered a bear market:Here's what that means for investing in stocks.
    David McHugh, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2022
  • That's about triple where prices were during the depths of the crypto bear market in the early pandemic days of 2020.
    Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Of the three indexes, the Dow is the only one not in a bear market, defined as a drop of 20% or more from a recent high.
    Hannah Miao, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Pessimism took hold in 2022 as stocks plunged into a bear market.
    Michael Joseph, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • That means that a bull market would need a gain of at least 25 percent to wipe out bear market losses.
    Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 16 June 2023
  • The logical response to a bear market is to invest more, not less.
    Liz Weston, oregonlive, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The sell-off comes as markets remain on the precipice of a bear market, defined as a 20 percent fall from the most recent high.
    Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 24 May 2022
  • And there has not been a sustained bear market since 2009, at the end of the global financial crisis.
    Taylor Telford, Washington Post, 23 May 2022
  • Stocks burst out of a bear market, bitcoin surged and bonds enjoyed some reprieve, too.
    WSJ, 1 July 2023
  • With interest rates soaring, USDC has proved to be a bright spot amid the bear market.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The slump in sales occurred in tandem with a stock market nosedive that has ushered in a new bear market.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 June 2022
  • The meteoric rise comes amid an ongoing bear market that has left most hedge funds in a bad spot.
    Will Daniel, Fortune, 6 July 2022
  • Every major index is in a bear market, which is a drop of 20% or more from its latest record high.
    Damian J. Troise, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The bear market in tech stocks is likely to return in 2024, with the Nasdaq index set to hit a new multiyear low.
    Edward Chancellor, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2024

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