Hi guys I'm sorry if this is a silly question but I'm new to the game and learning more every day. I have heard and read the term bull market and bullish a lot and would like to comprehend what it means. I hope someone can dumb it down for me so I can have a better understanding of this. Thank you. Lunty
A bull market is one that is going up. A secular bull market is one that is going up as part of an extended, fundamental trend. I.e for the last 10 years gold has been in a secular bull market. Now go look at a 10 year chart for gold and see what I mean...
G'day Lunty, & welcome. To put your question to rest. A bull market is where lots of people, (mostly Mums,& Dads) Instos, banks , fund managers, ect. Pour lots of $ into a stock, & hyper inflate that stocks true value. ie: you pay $1 per share. When its only worth .002..if..shit hits the fan the next day. share is really now worth .003 of a cent, & it does more often than not my friend. The true traders always shine in a bear market, because they know what a stock is worth. They will short it to its true value. Well something like that anyways! hope it makes sense
A bull market is going up. A bear market is going down. If you are bullish, then you THINK it is more likely to go up that it is to go down. ie; everyone here is bullish on silver (and bearish on the dollar) Bulls buck the market up and bears claw the market down. Thats about as simple as I can state it.
here is a fun way to remember the difference between bull and bear bull- horns pointing up bear- claws pointing down =D
A 'bull' market is when bullsh*t has baffled brains and everyone believes their horse will be a winner. A 'bear' market is when you've lost your shirt and you have to bear the poverty and guilt that follows. A 'bail-out' is when the 'brokers' (the people who make you 'broke' - ie the ones who get all your money when you lose, and get a large percentage of it when you win), actually lose their own bets and take the money you haven't actually gambled to make up their losses. A government is a group of friends of 'brokers' which the half of the population who are less than average intelligence, have elected and asked to make sure the game is run properly and is not fixed. They are the people who then take your money and give it to the 'brokers' who lost their bets, so that the game can continue. p.s they also keep some of your money to go to a conference held at a 5 Star resort so that they can talk about ways to avoid it all repeating. This is a regular occurrence.
