Since it's unknown whether the recent advance is a rally within a bear market or
the beginning of a new bull market, the market's performance in 2009 is denoted in orange.
The news is always bad at
the beginning of new bull markets, and it won't appear «safe» to reinvest until stocks have climbed 20 % -30 % -40 % from their lows.
During bear markets, each time there is a precipitous drop, it is followed by a modest recovery, masking as
the beginning of a new bull market.
Not exact matches
«We are at the
beginning stages now
of a
new bull market that's going to be driven now more by earnings growth and economic expansion,» he says.
And what's remarkable about this
bull market since it
began is that on a cumulative basis, not a single dollar
of net
new money has come into U.S. equity [funds].
You obviously can not have a
new bull market begin until the prior bear
market ends, and until those
new highs get made, there is a lack
of convincing evidence.
The public generally believes that a
new bull market began early this year after having sat out the first 4 years
of the still - ongoing cyclical
bull that
began in March
of 2009.
Additionally, there re-entry lags when a
new bull market begins after dual momentum has taken you out
of a prior bear
market.
Geoff Blanning (pictured), Head
of Commodities, comments on why he believes that a
new bull market for commodities has
begun...»
We are also now at the
beginning of February and, historically, the first four trading days
of a
new month in a
bull market have a 75 % chance
of moving higher.
How can a
new secular
bull market begin today unless you believe that suddenly the economies
of the world are going to shrug off their debt loads and economic growth rates will suddenly shoot up to 5 %, 6 % or more?
Litecoin
began the
bull run on Monday with the coin hitting
new record highs
of $ 341 doubling its
market capitalization to more than $ 15B.