The opposite of a bull market is the “bear market”—one in which the value of tradeable assets falls by 20 percent. If bull markets are generated by factors that favor investment, bear ...

Bloomberg / Getty Images The use of bull and bear to label financial markets has several different possible origins. However, the terms could come from how these animals attack: a bull thrusts its ...

The blue illustrates past bull markets' durations and returns (total and annualized). The red illustrates the bear markets. (Note: this was published in May.) This chart does a fantastic job ...

WASHINGTON — Bull versus bear: both are terms used to offer insight into what is happening in the stock market. However, one is much better for investments. On Monday, stocks ended lower as ...