bear
Definition
Dealer, investor, or speculator on a stock or commodity exchange, who expects the prices of securities or commodities to fall in the near future and, therefore, sells his or her investment portfolio in the hope of constructing it later at a lower price. See also bull.
bear is in the Commodities & Precious Metals Trading, Investing and Securities & Futures Trading subjects.
bear appears in the definitions of the following terms:
short position,
ultimate strength,
commercial counterfeiting,
sole proprietor,
fertility rate,
tensile strength,
nominal price,
ultimate load,
red clause letter of credit (L/C),
variable rate demand obligation (VRDO)
and
bear appears in the other terms:
bearer security,
bearing,
payable to bearer,
bearer paper,
bear market,
bearer share certificate,
bearer,
bearer instrument,
interest bearing,
bear straddle
and
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