BEAR MARKET


Meaning of BEAR MARKET in English

In securities and commodities trading, a declining market.

A bear is an investor who expects prices to decline and, on this assumption, sells a borrowed security or commodity in the hope of buying it back later at a lower price, a speculative transaction called short-selling. See also bull market .

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