- expecting prices to fall
- Market sentiment is the general prevailing attitude or consensus of the investment community as to the anticipated price development in a market. ...
- Resembling or likened to a bear, typically in being rough, surly, or clumsy; Characterized by falling share prices
- A market view that anticipates lower prices.
- An adjective describing an opinion or outlook that expects a decline in price, either by the general market or by an underlying stock, or both.
- is a term describing the market conditions or expectations that stocks will drop in price. Opposite of bullish.
- An attitude or indication implying that prices are likely to experience a substantial decline.
- Conditions exist that suggest lower prices are warranted are said to be "bearish."
- A negative interpretation of the behavior of an equity or the market as a whole based on a prolonged period of falling prices.
- Pessimistic about the market; anticipating a decline in prices
- The sentiment of an investor who believes that a particular security or market is heading downward. The investor is generally pessimistic about the state of a given security and will attempt to profit from a decline in value of a particular security or market.
- A pessimistic outlook for prices held by bears/sellers.
- Used to describe a pessimistic sentiment toward an issue, an index, or the market in general; a bearish sentiment reflects a belief that prices will tend to decline.
- Believing that market prices are about to fall
- Someone who is bearish expects a stock or other trading vehicle to lose value. Some option strategies require that a stock drop in price in order for the strategy to gain, so you should be bearish to use them.
- Descriptive of a market that is trending lower, or of the disposition of a trader who believes the market will decline.
- Of the opinion that the market will be going down in the future.
- Bearish refers to falling stock prices.
- An adjective describing an outlook or opinion that expects a depreciation of the spot exchange rate.
- refers a falling market or individual stock; can also refer to an investor with this same sentiment
- Bearishness indicates negative sentiment. If you are a bear on a stock, that means you think it is headed lower. A "bear market" is a market in which most stocks are falling lower.
- A term pessimism, and in the market it means that prices are moving generally downwards.
- Characteristic of an investor. An investor is said to be bearish if she believes a market or an individual security will follow a general downward path. Compare bullish.
- A negative perception; More sellers than buyers causing a currency pair to decrease in value (Down Trend).
- Defines a market where prices are declining. Also known as a Bear Market.