In the Stock market, why do they call it the Bear Market and Bull Market?

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1. King Julien says:

   March 7, 2010 at 00:03

   Because you either hibernate and sleep, or you take risks and buy.
2. matt83840 says:

   March 7, 2010 at 00:51

   A bear market means, a bad market where stocks are lower, where as a bull market means more stocks are trading up.
3. eeyore42 says:

   March 7, 2010 at 01:23

   the bear market is slow and steady while the bull market is quicker
4. airguitarman says:

   March 7, 2010 at 01:56

   A Bear market is where the trader believes the price of a stock will fall and sells on that basis. A bull market is where prices are rising. As a bonus – A stag represents new stock….
5. albert c says:

   March 7, 2010 at 02:13

   For those who don’t spend a lot of time on Wall Street, bulls and bears refer to opposite trends in the stock market. According to Investor Words, a bull market is “a prolonged period in which investment prices rise faster than their historical average.” Conversely, a bear market means “a prolonged period in which investment prices fall, accompanied by widespread pessimism.” So, bulls good, bears bad…

   No one’s quite sure how the two animals came to symbolize the market, but there are a few theories floating around. According to Motley Fool, a bear market earned its name because bears tend to swat at things with their paws in a downward motion (as in “the market’s going down”). A bull market, on the other hand, got its name because bulls swing their horns upward when they strike (as in “the market’s going up”).

   Another theory proposes that the animals’ personalities are behind the symbolism. Bears move with caution, while bulls are bold and like to charge ahead. So a “bearish” investor thinks the market will go down, while a “bullish” investor thinks it’s headed up.
6. Next Train says:

   March 7, 2010 at 02:18

   The bull charges. The bull puts his head down and charges forward oblivious to any warnings, he charges forward – bulls buy stocks, stocks go up, investors win.

   The bear slashes and tears. The bear rips up everything around him and destroys – bears sell, sell everything, stocks go down, everyone loses.
7. tyler says:

   March 7, 2010 at 02:23

   I bear will get up and fight down while a bull gets down and uses it’s horns to fight up. So when the stock market is going down, it is a bear market, when it is going up, it is a bull market.
8. Daniel Webb says:

   March 7, 2010 at 02:40

   The words bear and bull are used to describe the general condition of the stock market. When the market is going down it is referred to as a “bear market”. When the market is going up it is referred to as a “Bull Market” Then if any particular stock is doing well it is referred to a bullish stock.

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