{"id":15513,"date":"2025-04-11T13:40:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T13:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15513"},"modified":"2025-04-11T13:40:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T13:40:40","slug":"bear-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/bear-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Definition:<\/strong> A bear market is characterized by a sustained decline of 20% or more in a stock market index or individual security from a recent peak.<\/li>\n<li><strong>S&amp;P 500:<\/strong> The S&amp;P 500 recently briefly entered bear market territory for the first time since 2022.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Investor Sentiment:<\/strong> Bear markets are typically associated with widespread investor pessimism and large-scale selling of assets.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Causes:<\/strong> Bear markets can be triggered by weak economic conditions, anticipated slowdowns, overvalued markets, or external events like wars or oil supply shocks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recession Link:<\/strong> Bear markets often precede recessions (economic slowdowns), but not always.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Frequency:<\/strong> Historically, US stocks have entered bear market territory roughly every 6 years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Duration:<\/strong> In the US, bear markets have lasted about 18.9 months on average.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Global Examples:<\/strong> The Indian stock market experienced a severe bear market during the 2008 global financial crisis, with the Nifty 50 index dropping over 35%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Investor Action:<\/strong> A &#8220;bear&#8221; is an investor who expects prices to decline and sells borrowed securities hoping to buy them back cheaper later (selling short).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Market Correction:<\/strong> A market correction is a decline of at least 10%, while a bear market is a decline of at least 20%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Definition: A bear market is characterized by a sustained decline of 20% or more in a stock market index or individual security from a recent peak. 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