Suerte.

Just guessing-- en caso de que el "oso" tiene que ver con los "osos y toros" de la bolsa.

"By definition, a bear market is when the stock market falls for a prolonged period of time, usually by twenty percent or more. It is the opposite of a bull market.

Generally, a bear market will cause the securities you already own to become undervalued. The decline in their value may be sudden, or it may be prolonged over the course of time, but the end result is the same: What you already own is worth less [according to the market.]

This leads to two fundamental truths:

1.) A bear market is only bad if you plan on selling your stock or need your money immediately.

2.) Falling stock prices and depressed markets are the friend of the long-term investor.

In other words, if you invest with the intent to hold your investments for years down the road, a bear market is a great opportunity to buy. [It always amazes me that the "experts" advocate selling after the market has fallen. The time to sell was before your stocks lost value. If they know everything about your money, why they didn't warn you the crash was coming in the first place?]"

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"One common myth is that the terms "bull market" and "bear market" are derived from the way those animals attack a foe, because bears attack by swiping their paws downward and bulls toss their horns upward. This is a useful mnemonic, but is not the true origin of the terms.

Long ago, "bear skin jobbers" were known for selling bear skins that they did not own; i.e., the bears had not yet been caught. This was the original source of the term "bear." This term eventually was used to describe short sellers, speculators who sold shares that they did not own, bought after a price drop, and then delivered the shares.

Because bull and bear baiting were once popular sports, "bulls" was understood as the opposite of "bears." I.e., the bulls were those people who bought in the expectation that a stock price would rise, not fall.

In addition, the cartoonist Thomas Nast played a role in popularizing the symbols 'Bull' and 'Bear'.

Finally, Don Luskin wrote a nice history of these terms for TheStreet.com on 15 May 2001.
http://www.thestreet.com/comment/openbook/1428176.html "




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Note added at 2003-02-18 21:12:18 (GMT)
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O tal vez está diciendo que era uno de los que compraban cuando los precios estaban muy bajos.

Durante la recesión, el mercado... el mundo se recuperó