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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 MatchesThin marketThin marketA market in which trading volume is low, and consequently bid and asked quotes are wide and the instrument traded is not very liquid. Very little stock to buy or sell. Illiquid. Market jittersMarket jittersAnxiety among many investors, causing them to sell stocks and bonds, pushing prices down. International market indexInternational market indexAn index listed on the American Stock Exchange tracking the performance of 50 American Depository Receipts traded on the AMEX, NYSE, and NASDAQ. Securities marketsSecurities marketsOrganized exchanges plus over-the-counter markets in which securities are traded. Cornering the marketCornering the marketPurchasing a security or commodity in such volume as to achieve control over its price. An illegal practice. Further SuggestionsInternational Security Market Association (ISMA)Capital market imperfection Subject market Permission marketing Bidding through the market Marketed claims Marketable securities Capital market efficiency Eurocredit market Primary market Forward market London Market Information Link Intramarket sector spread Cost of carry market Market index Intermarket sector spread Outside market Market power Market economy Market timing Market microstructure Excess return on the market portfolio Stockholm Stock Market Italian Derivatives Market (IDEM) capital market theory |
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