Sentences with phrase «definition of a bear market»

XLE is firmly entrenched in a pattern of lower lows and lower highs, which is a classic definition of a bear market.

We have to go back to the psychological definition of a bear market: «widespread pessimism that feeds on itself» (i.e. wave after wave of selling).

The most common definition of a bear market in stocks?

Using the more nuanced definition of a bear market quoted above, there have actually been two of them since March 2009!

Using that definition of a bear market, the current bull market is barely over two years old.

If you look at times when U.S. stocks have tumbled 20 % or more — the standard definition of a bear market — the average decline has been around 35 %.

But if the market is down 20 % from its peak — the usual definition of a bear market — that's when you might consider catching up with a loan of $ 20,000, $ 30,000, perhaps even more.

Not exact matches

The S&P 500 - at -15.3 % might not have fit the «definition» of a bear market, but don't tell that to the average stock, which fell 34 % from its 52 - week high.

The generally accepted definition of a «bear market» is a decrease of 20 % or more for the stock market that lasts at least 2 months from top to bottom.

This post is a little different from the first three articles, because I got the data to extend the beginning of my study from 1950 to 1928, and I standardized my turning points using the standard bull and bear market definitions of a 20 % rise or fall from the last turning point.

I used Ed Easterling's definitions for the timing of long lasting (secular) Bull Markets and Bear Markets during the twentieth century.

A secular bear or bull market is a prolonged trend of falling or rising stock prices, lasting about five to 20 years, though there's no strict definition.

One can see the classic trend following pattern: capital protection during bear markets, some lagging performance during strong bull markets (by definition there is a bit of a lag to jump on board of a trend).

But there's a real definition that's generally agreed on: A bear market is a downturn of 20 % or more, lasting at least 60 days, in any broad equity index such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, or the Nasdaq.

Long - term performance comparisons bear out those definitions: small - cap value stocks have dramatically outperformed large - cap growth stocks since mid-1926 with total returns averaging 14.82 percent per year vs 9.72 percent per year, according to data maintained by economist Kenneth French of the famous Fama - French stock market research team.