For instance, a bull market is one that is seeing a large,
general upward movement, and a bear market is one that is seeing the reverse.
On a simple level a bull market sentiment suggests
a general upward movement of share price and in terms of the market, the market as a whole is getting stronger.
Not exact matches
Traders are born during bull runs: this is because they assume that their success with stock trading during a bull market is a result of their market timing skills, rather than due to the perpetual
upward movement of stock prices in
general.
However, there have been several downward
movements in temp during that
general upward trend; notably the increase in temp from 1910 - 1940 was as steep if not more pronounced than the post 1976 increase; AGW effects should have kicked in from about 1960 onward when CO2 levels ramped up but temp was down until 1976 and has been flat since either 1998 or 1995 if you believe Phil Jones and Lubos.
Of course, there is an element of bubble, and we will see huge volatility and strong
movements, but the
general trend will be an
upward one for a long time.