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Bear market
A prolonged period in which investment prices fall, accompanied by widespread pessimism. If the period of falling stock prices is Short and immediately follows a period of rising stock prices, it is instead called a Correction . Bear markets usually occur when the Economy is in a Recession and Unemployment is High , or when inflation is rising quickly. The most famous Bear market in U.S. history was the Great Depression of the 1930s. opposite of Bull market.
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Bear market , Bear , Bull , Bull market , Call , Correction , Depression , Economy , Flat , Great Depression , High , ISIN , Long , Low , Lows , Market , OCC , PPO , Recession , Short , Spread , Unemployment
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10-Q ,
10-K ,
52-week high ,
52-week low ,
12b-1 funds ,
19c3 stock ,
30-day wash rule ,
Average collection period ,
Accrual of discount ,
Accrued market discount ,
American Stock Exchange ,
Amortization of premium ,
Asked price ,
Asking price ,
At par ,
All or any part ,
At best ,
At call ,
Adjustable rate preferred stock ,
Adjusted futures price ,
All-risks coverage ,
At risk ,
Add-on service ,
Abstract of title ,
Action to quiet title ,
As is ,
Assignment to creditors ,
Attorney in fact ,
Assignment of mortgage ,
A shares ,
Automatic investment plan ,
Average price per share ,
Aggregate exercise price ,
Alligator spread ,
At the money ,
Across the board ,
Additional paid-in capital ,
Ad valorem ,
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 ,
Automated Pricing and Reporting System ,
Away from the market ,
Below the line ,
Books of final entry ,
Books of original entry ,
Book value per share ,
Banking Act of 1933 ,
Bid/ask spread ,
Bid-to-cover ratio ,
Bond market ,
Bureau of Public Debt ,
Brought over the wall ,
Buying on margin ,
Buy on close ,
Buy on opening ,
Buy the book ,
Basic earnings per share ,
Balance of payments ,
Base period ,
Bear market ,
Board of Governors ,
Bulldog market ,
Breaking the syndicate ,
Bill of exchange ,
Bill of sale ,
Breach of trust ,
By the book ,
B shares ,
Bear straddle ,
Bull straddle ,
Butterfly spread ,
Buy and write ,
Blackout period ,
Borrowed stock ,
Balanced investment strategy ,
Box spread ,
Breadth-of-market theory ,
Bear ,
Beat the gun ,
Bull ,
Bull market ,
Capital investment ,
Cost Of Goods Sold ,
Cost of sales ,
Call ,
Call date ,
Called away ,
Called bond ,
Call price ,
Call protection ,
Call risk ,
Capital market ,
Certificate of Participation ,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ,
Common stock equivalent ,
Conversion parity price ,
Conversion price ,
Current market value ,
Call money rate ,
Code of procedure ,
Capitalization of income ,
Civilian unemployment rate ,
Command economy ,
Consumer Price Index ,
Cost of Living Adjustment ,
Cost-of-living index ,
Council of Economic Advisers ,
Cyclical stock ,
Cyclical unemployment ,
Cash and carry trade ,
Cash market ,
Cash price ,
Certificated stock ,
Chasing the market ,
Cheapest to deliver ,
Chicago Board of Trade ,
Commodity-product spread ,
Contract market ,
Crack spread ,
Crush spread ,
Cost-of-living rider ,
Callable stock ,
Certificate of stock ,
Consumer stock ,
Control stock ,
Cost of carry ,
Certificate of title ,
Cancellation of debt ,
Certificate of Claim ,
Cost of debt capital ,
Cost of funds ,
Cure period ,
Closed-end investment company ,
C shares ,
Calendar spread ,
Call option ,
Call ratio backspread ,
Call swaption ,
Class of options ,
Close to the money ,
Covered call ,
Credit spread ,
Certificate of Occupancy ,
Cloud on title ,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement ,
Choice market ,
Class A Shares ,
Class B Shares ,
Crash of 1929 ,
Crash of 1987 ,
Child and dependent care credit ,
Coefficient of determination ,
Cup and handle ,
Certificate of delivery ,
Close a position ,
Close market ,
Closing price ,
Continuous market ,
Cornering the market ,
Correction ,
Curbs in ,
Deposit in transit ,
Date of issue ,
Date of payment ,
Dealer market ,
Debt market ,
Dollar price ,
Division of Enforcement ,
Division of Investment Management ,
Division of Market Regulation ,
Date of record ,
Distribution period ,
Dividend in arrears ,
Demand inflation ,
Demand-pull inflation ,
Depression ,
Desk (the) ,
Division of labor ,
Delivery price ,
Deal stock ,
Defensive stock ,
Distribution stock ,
Donated stock ,
De-escalation clause ,
De facto ,
Doing business as ,
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 ,
Due-on-sale clause ,
Debit spread ,
Deep in the money ,
Deep out of the money ,
Delta spread ,
Diagonal spread ,
Deed of Surrender ,
Department of Housing and Urban Development ,
Dirty stock ,
Defensive investment strategy ,
Dogs of the Dow ,
Daily high ,
Daily low ,
Deep market ,
Depth of market ,
Double auction market ,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit ,
Escrowed to maturity ,
External market ,
Either-or order ,
Economy ,
Employment Cost Index ,
E-mini ,
Exchange of spot ,
Emerging market ,
Employee Stock Purchase Plan ,
Employee stock repurchase agreement ,
Ex-all ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ,
Even spread ,
First In First Out ,
Form 10-Q ,
Federal Savings and Loan Association ,
First call date ,
Flat ,
Flat yield curve ,
Flight to quality ,
Flow of funds ,
Full price ,
Federal Call ,
Fill or kill ,
Front-ending an order ,
Forward P/E ,
Fully diluted earnings per share ,
Factors of production ,
Favorable balance of trade ,
Free market ,
Free market price ,
Forward price ,
Futures price ,
Foreign direct investment ,
Fair market value ,
First preferred stock ,
Form 8-K ,
Form S-1 ,
Full stock ,
Friends and family offering ,
Full faith and credit ,
Family of funds ,
Fund of funds ,
Free and clear ,
Fixed investment trust ,
Free right of exchange ,
Federal ID Number ,
Flat tax ,
Falling knife ,
Fourth market ,
Guaranteed Investment Contract ,
Growth stock ,
G-7 ,
GDP implicit price deflator ,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ,
Goldilocks economy ,
Great Depression ,
G-8 ,
Grace period ,
Gross spread ,
Growth and income fund ,
Gather in the stops ,
Going long ,
Going short ,
Graveyard market ,
High-grade bond ,
High yield ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976 ,
Hit the bid ,
House call ,
House of issue ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ,
High ,
High-flyer ,
High-tech stock ,
Holder in due course ,
High credit ,
High-ratio mortgage ,
Home equity line of credit ,
HUD-1 statement ,
Horizontal spread ,
Housing Market Index ,
Holding period ,
Head and shoulders ,
High-low index ,
Hammering the market ,
Held at the opening ,
Holding the market ,
Horizontal price movement ,
Inflation accounting ,
Investment flows ,
In escrow ,
Inflation-indexed security ,
Investment bill ,
Investment-grade bond ,
Investment letter ,
Investment security ,
Investment value ,
ISIN ,
In-house ,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 ,
Investment bank ,
Investment banker ,
Investment Bankers Association ,
Investment banking ,
Investment banking group ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Income stock ,
In line ,
Inefficient market ,
Inflation rate ,
Investment multiplier ,
Intercommodity spread ,
Interdelivery spread ,
Intermarket spread ,
Intracommodity spread ,
Inverted market ,
Internal market ,
Inside market ,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984 ,
Internal Rate of Return ,
Indication of interest ,
In intestacy ,
In play ,
In-process research and development ,
Investment company ,
Investment fund ,
Investment objective ,
Investment policy ,
Investment trust ,
I/O strip ,
Investment property ,
Immediate payment annuity ,
In-service withdrawal ,
Investment philosophy ,
Imbalance of orders ,
Imperfect market ,
In and out ,
Inside spread ,
In sympathy ,
In the tank ,
Jointly and severally ,
Jumping the gun ,
Joint and several liability ,
Joint and survivor annuity ,
Joint Stock Company ,
Last In First Out ,
Lender of last resort ,
Law of one price ,
Long ,
Long Bond ,
Long position ,
Long-term ,
Lending at a rate ,
Limit-on-close order ,
Limit price ,
Long Market Value ,
Law of demand ,
Law of supply ,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange ,
Long hedge ,
Long-term care insurance ,
Loan stock ,
Long-term debt ,
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities ,
Letter of comment ,
Lockup period ,
Line of credit ,
Loan-to-cost ,
Loan-to-value ,
Lock-in ,
Long-term mortgage ,
Long leg ,
Long straddle ,
Long-term lease ,
Leading the market ,
Locked in ,
Long-term gain or loss ,
Level I quotes ,
Liquid market ,
Locked market ,
Long squeeze ,
Low ,
Lows ,
Market basket ,
Market capitalization ,
Market conversion price ,
Mob spread ,
Municipal investment trust ,
Maintenance call ,
Make a market ,
Margin call ,
Market if touched order ,
Market letter ,
Market maker ,
Market maker spread ,
Market on close order ,
Market order ,
Mark-to-market ,
Medium of exchange ,
Managed economy ,
Marginal propensity to consume ,
Market economy ,
Mature economy ,
Most distant month ,
Marginable stock ,
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 ,
Maximum price fluctuation ,
Mixed market ,
Most active ,
Net investment ,
Net quick assets ,
Negotiable certificate of deposit ,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal ,
National Market System ,
New York Stock Exchange ,
Notice of Sale ,
National Association of Securities Dealers ,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system ,
No limit order ,
No quote ,
Normal market ,
Notice period ,
No-Fault ,
Nonvoting stock ,
No-Action Letter ,
Null and void ,
No-lien affidavit ,
Notice of Default ,
No-load ,
Naked call ,
Neutral spread ,
Non-qualified stock option ,
Non-statutory stock option ,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ,
Non-investment property ,
Nasdaq Small Cap Market ,
No-load stock ,
Narrow market ,
National Market Advisory Board ,
Negotiated market ,
New high ,
No book ,
Off the books ,
Other long term liabilities ,
Office of Thrift Supervision ,
Offering price ,
Out-of-favor ,
Over-the-Counter ,
On-floor order ,
On margin ,
Or better ,
Open economy ,
Open market operation ,
Optionable stock ,
Original issue stock ,
Opinion of title ,
On account ,
On-the-spot loan ,
OCC ,
Option price ,
Option spread ,
Options Prices Reporting Authority ,
Out of the money ,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance ,
On-balance volume ,
On close ,
On open ,
On the opening ,
Open market ,
Operationally efficient market ,
Outside market ,
Pooling of interests ,
Pre-depreciation profit ,
Pre-tax profit margin ,
Profit and loss statement ,
Pro forma ,
Payment-in-kind security ,
Price Value of a Basis Point ,
Provisional call feature ,
Preferred stock ,
Prior preferred stock ,
P&L ,
Primary earnings per share ,
Price index ,
Producer Price Index ,
Parity price ,
Physical market ,
Price limit ,
PPO ,
Pre-existing conditions ,
Primary market ,
Public offering price ,
Per stirpes ,
Power of Attorney ,
Prioritization of debt ,
Private Market Value ,
Perpendicular spread ,
Price spread ,
Paid-in capital ,
Paid-in surplus ,
Payback period ,
Percent held by institutions ,
Pre-syndicate bid ,
Private Investment in Public Equity ,
Perfect capital market ,
Preservation of capital ,
Point-and-figure chart ,
Painting the tape ,
Price range ,
Price-weighted index ,
Put/call ratio ,
Quick assets ,
Quality spread ,
Quiet period ,
Quick turn ,
Reports and Records ,
Return of capital ,
Return on Capital ,
Return on Invested Capital ,
Return on Total Assets ,
Regulation Q ,
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit ,
Redemption price ,
Reading the tape ,
Regulation D ,
Regulation G ,
Regulation T ,
Regulation U ,
Round of funding ,
Rule 15c3-1 ,
Rules of Fair Practice ,
Rate of exchange ,
Reciprocal of European terms ,
Regulated investment company ,
Recession ,
Retail Price Index ,
Restricted stock ,
Regulation A ,
Right of first refusal ,
Right of rescission ,
Right to Know ,
Revolving line of credit ,
Right of recourse ,
Rule of 78 ,
Ratio calendar spread ,
Ratio spread ,
Redemption period ,
Right of redemption ,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984 ,
Return on Capital Employed ,
Rising bottoms ,
Rate of return ,
Real rate of return ,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses ,
SG&A ,
Savings and Loan ,
Short-term reserves ,
Sight letter of credit ,
S&L ,
Stock association ,
Secondary market ,
Securities and Exchange Commission ,
Selling flat ,
Short bond ,
Short-term ,
Stock buyback ,
Segregation of securities ,
Sell the book ,
Stock loan ,
Stop price ,
Second preferred stock ,
Stock dividend ,
Standard of living ,
Series 3 ,
Settlement price ,
Short hedge ,
Single stock futures ,
Spot market ,
Spot price ,
Second-to-die insurance ,
Stock life insurance company ,
Secondary stock ,
Short interest ,
Short interest ratio ,
Stock bonus plan ,
Stock certificate ,
Stock Clearing Corporation ,
Stock consolidation ,
Stock exchange ,
Stock index ,
Stock market ,
Stock option ,
Stock option plan ,
Stock power ,
Stock screening ,
Stock swap ,
Stock symbol ,
Stock ticker ,
Subscription price ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Statutory investment ,
Sale and leaseback ,
Satisfaction of debt ,
Secondary mortgage market ,
Staggered board of directors ,
Stock fund ,
Systematic investment plan ,
Selling the spread ,
Short leg ,
Short market value ,
Short straddle ,
Spread option ,
Synthetic stock ,
Share price ,
Split-adjusted price ,
Stock list ,
Story stock ,
Selling short ,
Selling short against the box ,
Short ,
Short cover ,
Shorting against the box ,
Short position ,
Short purchase ,
Short sale rule ,
Short squeeze ,
S Corporation ,
Self-employment tax ,
Short-term gain or loss ,
Sin tax ,
Subchapter M ,
Subchapter S Corporation ,
Schedule C ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Seek a market ,
Short swing profits ,
Short swing rules ,
Specialist market ,
S&P phenomenon ,
Spread ,
Stop and reverse ,
T-Bill ,
Term to maturity ,
Treasury Inflation-Protected Security ,
Take a position ,
Two-sided market ,
Two-way market ,
Trailing P/E ,
Treasury Stock ,
Tenancy by the entirety ,
TED spread ,
Truth in Lending ,
Time spread ,
Tenancy at will ,
The Street ,
Timing the market ,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1986 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1993 ,
Take a bath ,
Target price ,
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 ,
Underwriting spread ,
Unemployment ,
Unemployment rate ,
Uncovered call ,
Unit Investment Trust ,
Unit of trade ,
Unit of trading ,
Value stock ,
Vetoing stock ,
Voting stock ,
Vertical spread ,
Vesting period ,
Wage price spiral ,
Waiver of premium ,
Watered stock ,
Widow-and-orphan stock ,
W-2 Form ,
W formation ,
Weak market ,
When, as, and if issued ,
When issued ,
Wide market ,
X or XD ,
Year-To-Date ,
Yankee bond market ,
Yield spread ,
Yield to call ,
Yield to maturity ,
Yield to worst ,
Y shares ,
Zero-investment portfolio