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Why we use animals to describe what's going on with the stock market or economy

Oct 1, 2020
You may know bulls, bears or unicorns, but there are at least 130 others, too.
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We're about to enter the longest bull market ever

Aug 22, 2018
We explain what that means.
The Wall Street Bull sculpture is seen in the Financial District on Dec. 8, 2016 in New York. 
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Small investors still skipping stocks

Jan 1, 2015
Investors are twice bitten, thrice shy.

Volatility could (maybe) signal end of the bull market

Dec 24, 2014
There's a seasonal aspect to the volatility in the markets, making it harder to predict what may be going on.

When is joining a bull market asking for trouble?

Jul 14, 2014
People who sat out the years-long bull market are joining in. Is that a bad sign?

Happy 5th anniversary, bull market?

Jan 22, 2014
The fifth anniversary of the markets’ bull run will soon be upon us. On the principle “all good things come to an end,” is it time to expect a correction?
The Wall Street bronze Bull looks out to an empty Broadway in Lower Manhattan, N.Y.
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