“Bear” and “bull” are two terms used to describe different parts of the market cycle, and they can tell investors a lot about what’s going on in the economy. A bear market is a prolonged ...

The bear market, when it comes, will be especially painful. That’s because more and more stock-market timers are treating ...

That's one of the fastest recoveries from a bear market since World War II. There are reasons to remain cautiously optimistic about stock market returns going forward. Every bull market is unique ...

As with any financial market investment, gold and silver have their own bull and bear market cycles. The chart below shows that gold has had three bull market and two bear market cycles since the ...

A bull market for the S&P 500 was officially declared in June 2023 when the index rose 20% from its recent bear market low.

Bull markets will also typically last longer than bear markets. The evidence suggests the most successful investors over time are likely to be those that don’t attempt to time the market and ...

Another factor working against the current bull market is that the preceding bear market wasn't tied to a recession. Stocks historically recover quickly from depressed prices caused by a recession ...

The bear market ... the "Wall of Worry" that bull markets like to climb has become ever weaker. That, in turn, suggests that rebuilding that Wall - that is, persuading market timers that every ...