Bear
An investor who believes that a security, a sector, or the overall Market is about to fall. opposite of Bull.
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10-K,
Accrual of discount,
Accrued market discount,
Agency security,
Amortization of premium,
Asset-backed security,
At par,
All or any part,
At best,
At call,
All-risks coverage,
At risk,
Abstract of title,
Action to quiet title,
As is,
Assignment to creditors,
Attorney in fact,
Assignment of mortgage,
A shares,
At the money,
Across the board,
Additional paid-in capital,
Active market,
Against the box,
At the bell,
At the close,
At the figure,
At the full,
At the market,
At the opening order,
Auction market,
Away from the market,
Accredited investor,
Angel investor,
Below the line,
Books of final entry,
Books of original entry,
Banking Act of 1933,
Bid-to-cover ratio,
Bond market,
Book-entry security,
Bureau of Public Debt,
Brought over the wall,
Buy the book,
Balance of payments,
Bear market,
Board of Governors,
Bulldog market,
Breaking the syndicate,
Bill of exchange,
Bill of sale,
Breach of trust,
By the book,
Bailing out,
B shares,
Bull straddle,
Breadth-of-market theory,
Beat the gun,
Bull,
Bull market,
Cost Of Goods Sold,
Cost of sales,
Cabinet security,
Capital market,
Certificate of Participation,
Convertible security,
Current market value,
Closed out,
Code of procedure,
Capitalization of income,
Cost of Living Adjustment,
Cost-of-living index,
Council of Economic Advisers,
Cash market,
Chasing the market,
Cheapest to deliver,
Chicago Board of Trade,
Contract market,
Cost-of-living rider,
Certificate of stock,
Cost of carry,
Certificate of title,
Cancellation of debt,
Cash-out refinancing,
Certificate of Claim,
Cost of debt capital,
Cost of funds,
Crowding out,
C shares,
Class of options,
Close to the money,
Certificate of Occupancy,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement,
Choice market,
Class A Shares,
Class B Shares,
Crash of 1929,
Crash of 1987,
Coefficient of determination,
Certificate of delivery,
Close a position,
Close market,
Close out,
Continuous market,
Cornering the market,
Curbs in,
Curbs out,
Deposit in transit,
Date of issue,
Date of payment,
Dealer market,
Debt market,
Digested security,
Droplock security,
Division of Enforcement,
Division of Investment Management,
Division of Market Regulation,
Date of record,
Dividend in arrears,
Desk (the),
Division of labor,
Derivative security,
Durable Power of Attorney,
Date of maturity,
Debtor in possession,
Debtor-in-possession financing,
Deed of Release,
Deed of Trust,
Discharge of bankruptcy,
Discharge of lien,
Deep in the money,
Deep out of the money,
Deed of Surrender,
Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Distressed security,
Dogs of the Dow,
Deep market,
Depth of market,
Double auction market,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit,
Escrowed to maturity,
Exchangeable security,
Exempt security,
External market,
Either-or order,
ECU,
E-mini,
Exchange of spot,
Emerging market,
Ex-all,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
First In First Out,
Flight to quality,
Flow of funds,
Fill or kill,
Front-ending an order,
Forward P/E,
Factors of production,
Favorable balance of trade,
Free market,
Free market price,
Fair market value,
Form 8-K,
Form S-1,
Floating security,
Family of funds,
Fund of funds,
Free right of exchange,
Fourth market,
Graduated security,
Gather in the stops,
Graveyard market,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976,
Hit the bid,
House of issue,
Holder in due course,
Hang out loan,
Home equity line of credit,
Housing Market Index,
Hammering the market,
Held at the opening,
Holding the market,
In escrow,
Inflation-indexed security,
Investment security,
In-house,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940,
Investment Company Act of 1940,
In line,
Inefficient market,
Inverted market,
Internal market,
Inside market,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984,
Internal Rate of Return,
Investor relations,
Indication of interest,
In intestacy,
In play,
In-process research and development,
I/O strip,
In-service withdrawal,
Imbalance of orders,
Imperfect market,
In and out,
Individual investor,
Institutional investor,
In sympathy,
In the tank,
Jumping the gun,
Knock-out option,
Last In First Out,
Lender of last resort,
Law of one price,
Letter security,
Lending at a rate,
Long Market Value,
Law of demand,
Law of supply,
Letter of comment,
Line of credit,
Loan-to-cost,
Loan-to-value,
Lock-in,
Leading the market,
Locked in,
Long-term gain or loss,
Level I quotes,
Liquid market,
Locked market,
Marketable security,
Market basket,
Market capitalization,
Market conversion price,
Mortgage-backed security,
Mortgage pass-through security,
Make a market,
Market if touched order,
Market letter,
Market maker,
Market maker spread,
Market on close order,
Market order,
Mark-to-market,
Medium of exchange,
Marginal propensity to consume,
Market economy,
Market rate,
Money at call,
Market cap,
Market neutral,
Market portfolio,
Market timer,
Market timing,
Market analysis,
Market,
Market inefficiency,
Market opening,
Market return,
Market-share weighted index,
Market surveillance,
Market-value weighted index,
Market Volatility Index,
Mixed market,
Negotiable certificate of deposit,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal,
National Market System,
Negotiable security,
Notice of Sale,
National Association of Securities Dealers,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system,
Normal market,
Notice of Default,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
Nasdaq Small Cap Market,
Narrow market,
National Market Advisory Board,
Negotiated market,
Nonaccredited investor,
Off the books,
Office of Thrift Supervision,
Out-of-favor,
Over-the-Counter,
Or better,
Open market operation,
Opinion of title,
On-the-spot loan,
Out of the money,
On the opening,
Open market,
Operationally efficient market,
Outside market,
Pooling of interests,
Payment-in-kind security,
Premium over bond value,
Premium over conversion value,
Price Value of a Basis Point,
Private sector pass-through,
P&L,
Public sector,
Physical market,
PPO,
Primary market,
Pour-over will,
Power of Attorney,
Prioritization of debt,
Private Market Value,
Paid-in capital,
Paid-in surplus,
Passive investor,
Private Investment in Public Equity,
Perfect capital market,
Preservation of capital,
Painting the tape,
Priced out,
Qualified institutional investor,
Return of capital,
Registered security,
Residual security,
Restricted security,
Reading the tape,
Regulation T,
Regulation U,
Round of funding,
Rules of Fair Practice,
Rate of exchange,
Reciprocal of European terms,
Regulation A,
Reverse Take-Over,
Right of first refusal,
Right of rescission,
Right to Know,
Revolving line of credit,
Right of recourse,
Roll over,
Rule of 78,
Right of redemption,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984,
Rate of return,
Real rate of return,
Retail investor,
SEC filing,
SG&A,
Sight letter of credit,
S&L,
SEC,
Secondary market,
Stamped security,
SEC fee,
Securities Investor Protection Corporation,
Segregation of securities,
Sell the book,
Standard of living,
Spot market,
Second-to-die insurance,
Stock market,
Statute of Limitations,
Satisfaction of debt,
Secondary mortgage market,
Security interest,
Security loan,
Senior security,
Staggered board of directors,
Sector fund,
Selling the spread,
Short market value,
Social Security,
Social Security Tax,
Security analysis,
Selling short against the box,
Shorting against the box,
S Corporation,
Short-term gain or loss,
Subchapter M,
Subchapter S Corporation,
Schedule C,
Sector rotation,
Securities Act of 1933,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Seek a market,
Small investor,
Sophisticated investor,
Specialist market,
S&P phenomenon,
Stopped out,
T-Bill,
Term to maturity,
Treasury Inflation-Protected Security,
Trust-preferred security,
Take a position,
Two-sided market,
Two-way market,
Trailing P/E,
Tenancy by the entirety,
Truth in Lending,
Tenancy at will,
Top hat plan,
The Street,
Timing the market,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997,
Tax Reform Act of 1986,
Tax Reform Act of 1993,
Top out,
Take a bath,
Thin market,
Third market,
Tight market,
Transparent market,
U.S. Government Agency Security,
U.S. Savings Bond,
U.S. Treasury,
U.S. Treasury Bill,
U.S. Treasury Bond,
U.S. Treasury Note,
U.S. Treasury Securities,
Underlying security,
Unit of trade,
Unit of trading,
Waiver of premium,
W-2 Form,
W formation,
Weak market,
Wide market,
X or XD,
Year-over-year,
Year-To-Date,
Yankee bond market,
Yield to call,
Yield to maturity,
Yield to worst,
Y shares