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Bear marketAny market in which prices exhibit a declining trend. For a prolonged period, usually falling by 20% or more.Bear marketA market in which sellers outnumber buyers and where the trend of share prices is consequently a falling one.The UK's longest running bear market lasted from 1972-1974. From a height of 530 points in 1972 the FT 30 Index fell consistently for more than two years, only reversing its downward trend at the start of 1975. It took almost five years - until the middle of 1977 - before it regained its mid-1972 level.Recent bear markets in the UK have not lasted so long. After Black Monday in October 1987, the FTSE 100 took until July 1989 to regain its pre-crash high of 2,250 points.Similar MatchesClose marketClose marketAn active market in which there is a narrow spread between bid and offer prices, due to a high volume of trading and many competing market makers. First marketFirst marketExchange-traded securities. Financial marketFinancial marketA market for a financial instrument, in which buyers and sellers find each other and create or exchange financial assets. Sometimes these are organized in a particular place and/or institution, but often they exist more broadly through communication among dispersed buyers and sellers, including banks, over long distances. Fourth marketFourth marketThe market of securities trading without the participation of brokers, thus obviating commission costs. The market, which is computer based, mainly comprises large institutional investors such as mutual funds and insurance companies. Fund supermarketFund supermarketA website which provides information on a variety of collective investment funds from several providers, and allows users to invest in those funds by transacting online. Fund supermarkets do not provide advice, but may provide educational tools to help users reach a decision. They often provide discounts on fund charges, and have the advantage of enabling investment in a number of funds from different providers within a single ISA. Further SuggestionsSpot marketgrey market Either way market Non-market economy Market return Bond market association fair market value Intermarket Trading System Guerrilla marketing spot market Intermarket sector spread Foreign exchange market Upstairs market money market Market timing Exchange market Market power Crossed market Holding the market Cash markets Real market Rembrandt market Aftermarket Student Loan Marketing Association (SLMA) Bulldog market |
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