0 a time when the price of shares is falling and a lot of people are selling them --
1 a time when investments in the financial markets are generally falling in value --
2 a period during which prices in a financial market are going down and a lot of people are selling shares: --
In neutral or bear market scenarios, the advantages of market neutral long-short are prevailing.
We are probably entering a long-term bear market in equities and many of the assumptions that underlie the growth of bonuses may prove to be fallacious.
The long-awaited bear market simply had to happen.
But what happens when one is in a bear market?
The interest rate restrictions have received considerable attention because the onset of the bear market in 2000 was accompanied by extraordinarily low rates.
In fact, there is another compelling issue involving both pensions and profits - the impact of the bear market on defined benefit pension plans.
Regulation, including accounting rules, influences the ability of pension funds to build up reserves and thus their capacity to bear market risks.
With the exception of the 1960-1961 recession, all others in the sample data were associated with a bear market.
