Bear Market Behavior

Weekly Update

Bear Market Behavior


Published April 11, 2025

 

Most commentators talk about a bear market as being a 20% decline from the market’s peak. While that short-hand is an easy measure, it doesn’t accurately describe the features that define a true bear market.

The bear market behaves in a certain way that is clearly different from normal. The past week has given us textbook bear market behavior. (more…)