The difference between bear and bull when dealing with stocks?

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The difference between bear and bull when dealing with stocks?

Answer 1

Bear-  Investors are overly pessimistic that things are going to decline and that the world is going to end.  The result is people panic and sell off their investments.  This is when you buy a great company's stock at a nice discount.  You reap the benefits when the market becomes a bull market.

Bull- Investors are overly optimistic and companies will be higher in price.  This is when I am cautious and I don't invest more money.

So really,. bull vs. bear is just a state of mind.  It really shouldn't matter when buying a stock.  Just make sure you get a pick that will do better in 3+ years.

Answer 2

Bear is when stocks go down, bull is when they go up.  Hence Bearish and Bullish markets

Answer 3

A Bull Market

This is when the market showing is confidence. Indicators of confidence are prices going up, market indices like the Nasdaq go up too. Number of shares traded is also high and even the number of companies entering the stock market show that the market is confident.

A Bear Market

A bear market is the opposite to a bull. If the markets fall by more than 20% then we have entered a bear market. A bear market is a market showing a lack of confidence. Prices hover at the same price then go down, indices fall too and volumes are stagnant. In a bear market people are waiting for the bulls to start driving the prices up again. However, a bear is a very tentative bull or a bull that is asleep.

Answer 4

bears -- people who believe that the stock market will go down; this can also be applied to their view of individual stocks

bulls -- investors who believe that the stock market will go up

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