bearish
bearish
Definition
bear·ish (ber′is̸h)
adjective
- bearlike; rude, rough, surly, etc.
- falling, or causing, expecting, etc. a fall, as in prices on the stock exchange
- pessimistic
bear′·ishly adverb
bear′·ish·ness noun
bearish
Usage Examples
Preposition: on
- stock: The funds are underweight in oils and pharmaceuticals, although Tony is not bearish on bank stocks.
- commodity: I read that Warren B was bearish on commodities ( and house prices ) recently and has 70 billion " ready " to invest.
Modifies a noun
- volatility: Long Put Spread Buy a put, sell put at a lower strike Market bearish, volatility neutral.
- viewpoint: This has not been an issue when I post a bearish viewpoint.
- comment: EMI was also suffering from bearish comments by a leading broker.
- market: It buys higher-yielding shares aggressively during bearish stock markets.
- view: The strikes between 3,925 and 3,525 look sensible with regard to your bearish view So now you've got to play around with them.
- divergence: There was some slow down in the upward momentum on Friday, which could be indicative of an imminent bearish divergence.
Modifying Another Word
- very: One of their regular contributors James Ferguson wrote a very bearish piece on Gold about 18 months ago.
Used with adjective complement
- turn: When they see prices falling the bulls turn bearish, sellers accept bid prices which drives all prices down.
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