“Bear market” and “bull market” are both terms to describe the stock market and investing. They’re easy to tell apart when you consider the animals’ characteristics.
In a bull market, everything’s moving forward: investors are confident making a lot of buys, more companies are entering the stock market, and more money is being invested in the stock market overall.
In a bear market, investors pull back (like bears hibernating). Prices start to hover and go down, and people wait and see more before investing additional money in stocks and bonds.
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