News of a massive data breach in mid March sent shares
into bear market territory, where they currently remain.
It brought about January's collapse of faith that sent the average U.S. stock
into bear market territory for the first time since the Great Recession.
The more tech - heavy Nikkei index also slid and has now dropped 19 percent from a one - year high marked on March 27, flirting with a fall
into bear market territory, often defined as a slide of 20 percent within two months.
While the blue - chip Dow average briefly dipped
into bear market territory, it managed to close above that level, thus narrowly avoiding the official onset of a bear market, or a 20 percent drop from its all - time high.
The Canadian stock market officially crossed
into bear market territory this week, falling to more than 20 % below its April high.
If the lows reached in the first quarter was indeed the market bottom, we can classify the plunge as a severe correction — the TSX was down 18 % from its 52 - week high and the S&P 500 tiptoed
into bear market territory when it was down 20.25 % briefly.
The Canadian stock market tumbled
into bear market territory early this year.
And even when stocks have slipped
into bear market territory (20 percent below recent highs), the market has recovered and continued to grow throughout history.
On Thursday, the shares descended
into bear market territory before rebounding modestly on Friday.
Shares of Twitter fell more than 12 percent Tuesday
into bear market territory following Left's tweet announcing the about - face.
The social network's stock has fallen
into a bear market territory as the company faces regulatory threats of its own amid privacy leaks.
Not exact matches
While Facebook remains more than 10 % below a record set earlier this year, it has sharply rebounded from recent weakness, when a scandal over how it handled its user data pushed it
into bear -
market territory, or a decline of at least 20 % from a peak.
In mid-January, the S&P 500 Index (SPX) slipped back
into correction
territory, small - caps officially entered a
bear market, and the number of self - proclaimed bulls hit its lowest point in more than a decade, per the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) survey.
August's scary
market selloff drove most emerging
markets into bear territory.
The appeal of buying puts is that they can help manage risk in a volatile
market or one that seems to be headed
into bear territory.
Thus, I think the floor for the stock is pretty close below me, and there is a decent possibility that Buffett could do some things with the cash that are even better than buybacks, especially if the
market falls
into bear territory.