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An investor is bullish when they see upward stock trends and bearish when the market is going down. A bull uses its horns in an upward motion to attack and a bear uses its claws in a downward motion to attack. Market sentiment, also known as investor attention, is the general prevailing attitude of investors as to anticipated price development ...
Inflation rates among members of the International Monetary Fund in April 2024 UK and US monthly inflation rates from January 1989 [1] [2] In economics, inflation is a general increase in the prices of goods and services in an economy. This is usually measured using a consumer price index (CPI).
A bear market is essentially the opposite of a bull market, meaning that it is a prolonged period of declining prices. A bear market generally occurs when prices have declined by at least 20 ...
Sculpture of a bull in front of Shenzhen Stock Exchange, China, surrounded by small tumbling bears on the ground. In finance, a bull is a speculator in a stock market who buys a holding in a stock in the expectation that, in the very short-term, it will rise in value, whereupon they will sell the stock to make a quick profit on the transaction. [1]
A bull market is generally defined as a period of consistent, overall upticks in the market, whereas a bear market is defined by a sustained decline in the prices of the overall market. Defining ...
The pole is formed by a line which represents the primary trend in the market. The pattern, which could be bullish or bearish, is seen as the market potentially just taking a "breather" after a big move before continuing its primary trend. [3] [4] The chart below illustrates a bull flag. A bear flag would trend in the opposite direction.
A bull market is a period of generally rising prices. The start of a bull market is marked by widespread pessimism. This point is when the "crowd" is the most "bearish". [7] The feeling of despondency changes to hope, "optimism", and eventually euphoria as the bull runs its course. [8]
Monetary inflation is a sustained increase in the money supply of a country (or currency area). Depending on many factors, especially public expectations, the fundamental state and development of the economy, and the transmission mechanism, it is likely to result in price inflation, which is usually just called "inflation", which is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services.