The document discusses bull and bear markets. A bull market occurs when stock prices are rising due to a strong economy, high employment, and growing company profits. Investors are optimistic and demand for stocks is high. A bear market occurs when stock prices are falling due to a weak economy, high unemployment, and declining company profits. Investors are pessimistic and demand for stocks is low. Whether a market is bullish or bearish depends on factors like the supply and demand for stocks, investor psychology, and economic conditions. The document provides various examples and strategies related to investing during bull and bear markets.
The document discusses bull and bear markets. A bull market occurs when stock prices are rising due to a strong economy, high employment, and growing company profits. Investors are optimistic and demand for stocks is high. A bear market occurs when stock prices are falling due to a weak economy, high unemployment, and declining company profits. Investors are pessimistic and demand for stocks is low. Whether a market is bullish or bearish depends on factors like the supply and demand for stocks, investor psychology, and economic conditions. The document provides various examples and strategies related to investing during bull and bear markets.
The document discusses bull and bear markets. A bull market occurs when stock prices are rising due to a strong economy, high employment, and growing company profits. Investors are optimistic and demand for stocks is high. A bear market occurs when stock prices are falling due to a weak economy, high unemployment, and declining company profits. Investors are pessimistic and demand for stocks is low. Whether a market is bullish or bearish depends on factors like the supply and demand for stocks, investor psychology, and economic conditions. The document provides various examples and strategies related to investing during bull and bear markets.
The document discusses bull and bear markets. A bull market occurs when stock prices are rising due to a strong economy, high employment, and growing company profits. Investors are optimistic and demand for stocks is high. A bear market occurs when stock prices are falling due to a weak economy, high unemployment, and declining company profits. Investors are pessimistic and demand for stocks is low. Whether a market is bullish or bearish depends on factors like the supply and demand for stocks, investor psychology, and economic conditions. The document provides various examples and strategies related to investing during bull and bear markets.
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The key takeaways are that a bull market occurs when stock prices are rising due to a strong economy and optimism, while a bear market occurs when stock prices are falling due to a weak economy and pessimism.
A bull market occurs when stock prices are rising due to a strong economy and optimism, characterized by increasing demand and falling supply of securities. A bear market occurs when stock prices are falling due to a weak economy and pessimism, characterized by falling demand and increasing supply of securities.
Bull markets are driven by factors like high employment, a strong economy, new technologies, and wars which increase demand for securities. Bear markets are driven by factors like a discouraging economy, unemployment, international crises, and lack of investor confidence which decrease demand.
BULL MARKET
increase in market share
prices the economy is great, people are finding jobs, gross domestic product (GDP) is growing, stocks are rising. If a person is optimistic and believes that stocks will go up, he or she is called a "bull" and is said to have a "bullish outlook".
BEAR MARKET stock prices are falling the economy is bad, recession is looming and low investor confidence
If a person is pessimistic, believing that stocks are going to drop, he or she is called a "bear" and said to have a "bearish outlook".
WHERE DID THEY GET THEIR NAMES.?
BULL BEAR A bull will thrust its horns up into the air. Trend up. A bear will swipe down. Trend down. CHARACTERISTICS OF BULL AND BEAR MARKET Supply and Demand for Securities Bull Market: strong demand & weak supply for securities. share prices will rise due to competition.
Bear Market : more people are looking to sell than buy as demand is lower than supply . share prices drop. CONT Investor Psychology: Bull Market: Investor interested in the market & participate in the hope of obtaining a profit. Bear Market : the decline in stock market prices shakes investor confidence.
CONT.. Change in Economic Activity:
Spend more Profitable business Bull market Spend less Loss in business Bear market SECULAR MARKET TREND trend is "bullish" or upward moving. trend is "bearish" or downward moving. Secular bull market
Secular bear market
SECONDARY MARKET TREND short-term changes in price direction duration is a few weeks or a few months. correction is a short term price decline of 5% to 20% . bear market rally market price increase of 10% to 20%. PRIMARY MARKET TREND Duration is a year or more. Bull market Bear market Market top Market bottom
CONT reached the highest point
the end of a market downturn Market top Market bottom MARKET CAPITULATION threshold reached after a severe fall in the market. investors capitulate (give up) and sell in panic further decline in the stock's price good time to buy stocks. BULL AND BEAR LINE index average line that indicates bull market or bear market in stock market. Bearish :current index drops below the bull- bear line bullish : current index rises above the line WHAT DRIVES BULL MARKETS?
high employment Strong economy New technology Bull Market
CONT.. Bull market country wages a war increase demand for securities smaller supplies of securities increase interest in the stock market News Bear market Sudden international crises decrease demand for securities Higher supplies of securities investors are not very confident and invest less. News
INVESTING DURING BEAR AND BULL MARKETS
buy stocks as the market gets bullish, and sell when prices reach their peak.
Buy stocks in bearish market at low prices, to set up long-term investments
HOW TO PROTECT OURSELF FROM BEAR MARKET? Play Dead - Stay on the Sidelines
Putting a larger portion of your portfolio in the form of money market securities .
Certificate of deposits
buy when the right buying opportunity comes along.
stay calm and dont make any sudden moves.
Treasury bills CONT.. Value Stocks buying opportunity for investors valuations of good companies get hammered down.
Short Selling A short position allows an investor to profit as the stock heads downward.
CONT.. Bonds and Asset Allocation invest in assets or asset classes which meets best the needs and objectives of the investor. portfolio spread - stocks, bonds, cash and alternative assets.
Defensive Industries performs better than the overall market during bad times. Eg. toothpaste, shampoo, shaving cream, etc. Provides defense to the portfolio. BULL MARKET - CASE STUDY
India's Bombay Stock Exchange Index, SENSEX, was in a bull market trend for about five years from April 2003 to January 2008 as it increased from 2,900 points to 21,000 points. BEAR MARKET CASE STUDY A bear market followed the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and erased 89% (from 386 to 40) of the Dow Jones Industrial Average's market capitalization by July 1932, marking the start of the Great Depression.