Are we in a short -
term cyclical bull market, one that is already long in the tooth and coming to an end?
Not exact matches
Such
markets aren't steady declines; rather, it's an ongoing decline that's punctuated by furious short -
term market rallies — called «
cyclical bulls» — that fizzle out.
During secular bear
markets, there are shorter -
term cyclical bull (upside) moves, but the general trend is sideways and down.
However, there were shorter
term cyclical bull and bear
markets that could be traded.
As you can see, there were
cyclical bull and bear
markets during this long
term secular bear
market.
As you can see, this secular bear
market was typical of most secular bear
markets, such as the one from 1966 - 1982, composed of mostly vicious
cyclical bull and bear
markets that result in a mostly sideways long
term movement.
We may have
cyclical (shorter -
term)
bull and bear
markets within that period (as we have seen), but the odds are another great
bull (as from 1982 — 2000) won't be here until, you read it correctly, 2017.