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bull market

American  
[bool mahr-kit] / ˈbʊl ˈmɑr kɪt /

noun

Stock Exchange.
  1. a financial market characterized by investment prices that are rising or that are forecast to rise.


bull market Cultural  
  1. A market, especially a stock market, characterized by rising prices; the opposite of a bear market.


Etymology

Origin of bull market

First recorded in 1890–95

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The bull market could continue at some stage with underlying drivers such as central bank demand, macro uncertainty, and fiscal concerns, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Investors are treating this week’s Federal Reserve meeting like a potential breaking point for the bull market.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

“We are now awaiting August central bank data to confirm whether official-sector demand, a key structural pillar of this bull market, remains as robust as in prior months,” says SocGen.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

The question, Mayfield said, is whether the fundamentals that have bolstered the bull market so far can stretch the rally into 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Quotations went off as fast as when the bottom drops out of a bull market.

From The House of Torchy by Arthur William Brown

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