The phrase
"of a bull market" refers to the general economic conditions or trends of a market characterized by rising stock prices, high investor confidence and strong business activity.
Full definition
The premise is simple: after more than 30 years
of a bull market in bonds, investors buying today are buying at record low yields.
Remember: the stock market is always very volatile in the final 1 - 2
years of a bull market because some traders and investors jump on the long term bearish bandwagon too early.
The late
stages of a bull market, which presumably we are in right now, is when the appeal of market timing is the greatest.
People who have been following the gold and silver markets since the
start of the bull market in 2001 know that both precious metals have had incredible price increases.
For example, at the
top of a bull market one can find stocks cheaper than others but they both may be selling above their intrinsic worth.
One of the reasons that stocks appear so attractive at the
peak of a bull market is that most investors fail to properly measure long - term growth.
It is not history, facts, or intelligence that guide most investors through the final
phases of a bull market; it is hopes and wishes.
As we look to the next
leg of this bull market, the most important factor is the continued strength in earnings growth.
However, the
age of this bull market does suggest risks are rising, and that to expect it to last much longer without a cyclical downturn would be stretching historical probability.
Many pundits have been predicting the end
of the bull market for years now, and yet markets have moved even higher.
An investor who pulls out too early would miss out on what's historically the strongest
period of the bull market — right before the peak.
During the first
weeks of the bull markets beginning in 1971, 1982, and 2003 the market rallied impressively in a short period of time.
Signs of bull market exhaustion in the bitcoin market may be having a knock - on effect across cryptocurrencies in general.
It's not unusual to look back at a
chart of a bull market peak and see it as more of a several month process rather than a sharp event.
People tend to pour money into stocks in the
middle of bull markets — after the stocks have been rising for some time.
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