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Posted by HW \"Skip\" Weldon on May 26, 2007, 8:56 am
The most common definition of a bull market is a 20% rise in the
market (SP500 Index).
Question: Is that 20% from the last low, or 20% from the last high?
-HW "Skip" Weldon
Columbia, SC
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Posted by joetaxpayer on May 26, 2007, 9:45 am
HW "Skip" Weldon wrote:
> The most common definition of a bull market is a 20% rise in the
> market (SP500 Index).
>
> Question: Is that 20% from the last low, or 20% from the last high?
Would have to be last low, no? we are just now hitting the highs the Dow
and S&P reached in 2000/1, but this bull market is up over 75% from the
lows last seen in early '03.
JOE
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Posted by Thumper on May 26, 2007, 11:57 am
On Sat, 26 May 2007 08:45:10 -0500, joetaxpayer
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>
>HW "Skip" Weldon wrote:
>
>> The most common definition of a bull market is a 20% rise in the
>> market (SP500 Index).
>>
>> Question: Is that 20% from the last low, or 20% from the last high?
>
>Would have to be last low, no? we are just now hitting the highs the Dow
>and S&P reached in 2000/1, but this bull market is up over 75% from the
>lows last seen in early '03.
>JOE
Here's one definition
http://www.investorwords.com/616/bull_market.html
bull market
Definition
A prolonged period in which investment prices rise faster than their
historical average. 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.
opposite of bear market.
Thumper
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Posted by FranksPlace2 on May 29, 2007, 9:01 am
On May 26, 7:56 am, "HW "Skip" Weldon"
> The most common definition of a bull market is a 20% rise in the
> market (SP500 Index).
>
> Question: Is that 20% from the last low, or 20% from the last high?
>
> -HW "Skip" Weldon
> Columbia, SC
Here is what Wikipedia says:
Market trends
>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Bull market)
In investing, financial markets are commonly believed to have market
trends that can be classified as primary trends, secondary trends
(short-term), and secular trends (long-term). This belief is generally
consistent with the underdeveloped scientific practice of technical
analysis and broadly inconsistent with the efficient markets
hypothesis.
A bull market is a prolonged period of time when prices are rising in
a financial market faster than their historical average, in contrast
to a bear market, which is a prolonged period of time when prices are
falling.
Investors can be described as having bullish or bearish sentiments.
Market trends are witnessed when bulls (buyers) outnumber bears
(sellers), or vice versa, consistently over time. In general, a bull
or bear market refers to the market and sentiment as a whole, but it
can also be used to refer to specific securities, sectors, or similar
("bullish on IBM", "bullish on technology stocks" or "bearish on
gold", for example
Frank
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