2006-11-08 07:23:59 · 6 answers · asked by meyer56013 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
Bullish or bearish refers to sentiment on the market. If there's bullish sentiment, people think the market'll go up. And if there's bearish sentiment, then people think the market will go down.
Thus, a bull is someone who thinks the market will go up. A bear is someone who thinks the market will go down.
It comes from the old days. A bull attacks with his horns and strikes upward. Whereas, a bear uses his claws and strikes downward.
The saying is bulls get richer, bears get richer, pigs and sheep get slaughtered.
Just don't be a pig (who gets too greedy and stays in too long) or a sheep (the investor who shys away from gettin in in the first place).
Hope that helps!
2006-11-09 17:45:42 · answer #1 · answered by Yada Yada Yada 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Being bullish just means someone thinks the stock market is going to go up. Bearish means someone thinks its going down.
2006-11-08 15:29:08 · answer #2 · answered by jeff410 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bull market
A bull market tends to be associated with increasing investor confidence, motivating investors to buy in anticipation of further capital gains. The longest and most famous bull market was in the 1990s when the U.S. and many other global financial markets grew at their fastest pace ever.
In describing financial market behavior, the largest group of market participants is often referred to, metaphorically, as a herd. This is especially relevant to participants in bull markets since bulls are herding animals. A bull market is also described as a bull run. Dow Theory attempts to describe the character of these market movements.
Bear market
A bear market tends to be accompanied by widespread pessimism. Investors anticipating further losses are motivated to sell, with negative sentiment feeding on itself in a vicious circle. The most famous bear market in history was the Great Depression of the 1930s
Prices fluctuate constantly on the open market; a bear market is not a simple decline, but a substantial drop in the prices of a range of issues over a defined period of time. By one common definition, a bear market is marked by a price decline of 20% or more in a key stock market index from a recent peak over at least a two-month period. However, no consensual definition of a bear market exists to clearly differentiate a primary market trend from a secondary market trend.
2006-11-08 16:26:53 · answer #3 · answered by y0ger_19 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As above, the terms comes from the fact that when bulls gore you they toss you upward. They head goes from low to the ground up. Bears knock you down to kill you.
2006-11-08 15:37:29 · answer #4 · answered by OPM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just remember, Bulls make money, Bears make money, Hogs get slaughtered!!
2006-11-08 15:56:21 · answer #5 · answered by norman j 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just remember, what ever you do kid. Dont spend it all in one place.
2006-11-08 16:00:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋