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bear market in Spanish

bear market in Spanish is mercado bajista — bear market means a period in which the prices of shares or other investments fall substantially and stay down, commonly counted from the point where prices have dropped about twenty per cent below a recent peak.

bear market in Spanish

mercado bajista
noun
(finance) A stock market where a majority of investors are selling ("bears"), causing overall stock prices to drop. Often operationally defined as a market value drop of 20% or more on some specific stock market index.

What does "bear market" mean?

  1. noun A period in which the prices of shares or other investments fall substantially and stay down, commonly counted from the point where prices have dropped about twenty per cent below a recent peak.
    "The index slipped into a bear market after four months of steady losses."
  2. adjective Describing behaviour, sentiment or conditions belonging to such a falling market. Usually written as bear-market before a noun.
    "It was classic bear-market behaviour: everybody selling on the same headline."
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bear market in a sentence

  • The index slipped into a bear market after four months of steady losses.
  • Anyone who started investing that year had never lived through a bear market.
  • It was classic bear-market behaviour: everybody selling on the same headline.

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What is "bear market" in Spanish?

"bear market" in Spanish is mercado bajista. bear market means: A period in which the prices of shares or other investments fall substantially and stay down, commonly counted from the point where prices have dropped about twenty per cent below a recent peak.

How do you use "bear market" in a sentence?

Example: "The index slipped into a bear market after four months of steady losses." In Spanish, "bear market" is mercado bajista.

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