Bull Markets
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A so-called Bull Market is slang for a prolonged period of time in which the general market rises by 20% or more.
If investors are "bullish" they are referred to as a "bulls" because they believe a particular company, industry, sector, or market in general is going to go up.
Bull markets can happen as a result of an economic recovery, an economic boom, or investor psychology. The longest and most famous bull market is the one that began in the early 1990s in which the U.S. equity markets grew at their fastest pace ever until March 20, 2000.
Now everyone can sit back and relax when the markets go up watching stock prices rise and making nice profits. But what about the Bear Market, which is the opposite of a Bull Market?
Ricky Schmidt
March 11, 2005
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