Bullish vs Bearish Difference, Characteristics, and How to Invest
A bull market has no specific definition, but is a sustained period when prices are rising and generally expected to keep doing so. Typically, a bull market is thought to have occurred when prices have risen 20 percent or more off a recent low. However, the longest bull market in U.S. history lasted nearly 11 years, from March 2009, near the end of the Great Recession, until the global pandemic hit in March 2020. In a bull market, the ideal action for an investor is to take advantage of rising prices by buying stocks early in the trend (if possible) and then selling them when they have reached their peak. In the investing world, the terms “bull” and “bear” are frequently used to refer to market conditions. But it’s widely accepted...
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