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Finance Dictionary and Glossary of Investment Terms
Bull market
Definition 1.
Any market in which prices are in an upward trend.
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Definition 2.
A market in which prices of a certain group of securities are rising or are expected to rise.
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Definition 3.
A prolonged period in which investment prices rise faster than their historical average. Bull markets can happen as a result of an economic recovery, an economic boom, or investor psychology. The longest and most famous bull market is the one that began in the early 1990s in which the U.S. equity markets grew at their fastest pace ever. opposite of bear market.
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Definition 4.
When stock prices have risen steadily over several months, experts call it a ""bull"" market. When stocks trend downward for a long period, it''s a ""bear"" market. These terms were selected based on the way the two animals attack. When a bull rushes forward, he holds his head low and then gores upward with his horns. A bear, on the other hand, strikes downward with his paws.
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Definition 5.
See bear and bull markets
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