What is Bull and Bears Symbol In Terms Of Stock Market

Date 5/2/2013


My this post is basically for those who don’t spend a lot of time on terminal or don’t have a lot of knowledge of stock market. We all know that each and every day stock market fluctuate by ups or down the ups and down called in stock market bear and bulls. Bulls and bears refer to opposite trends in the stock market. According to stock market  terminology a bull market is “ a prolonged period in which investment prices rise faster than their historical average. And other hand bear market means “a prolonged period in which investment prices fall, accompanied by widspred pessimism. So, in simple words bulls are good and bears are bad for  a investor. 


Interestingly no one’s quite sure how the two animals came symbolize the market, but there are a few theories around. According to Motley Fool, a bear market earned its name because bears tend to swat at things with their paws in a downward motion (as in "the market's going down"). A bull market, on the other hand, got its name because bulls swing their horns upward when they strike (as in "the market's going up").


So a "bearish" investor thinks the market will go down, while a "bullish" investor thinks it's headed up.
Another theory proposes that the animals' personalities are behind the symbolism. Bears move with caution, while bulls are bold and like to charge ahead. 


Quite frequently  no one can argue that both animals are intimidating and best avoided. Maybe they're meant to serve as a warning to investors: Unless you know what you're doing, you could be headed for pain.



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