One method is to declare that a stock has moved into a bear market after it declines more than 20% from its highs. In many ...

Breaking below that long-term trendline qualifies a stock – or index – to be labeled in a bear market. The chart below shows the S&P 500 in its various bull and bear market phases using the 20 ...

with a buy-and-hold strategy owning ProShares Short S&P 500. The good news is, I fully expect SH to rise strongly in any bear market scenario. Assuming annualized short-term interest rates remain ...

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is widely regarded as the single best gauge for the overall U.S. stock market. The S&P 500 has ...

Stocks are skipping the ‘Santa Claus rally’ again this year. That doesn’t bode well for January. The Fed has two bad options ...

The stock market’s Friday rally picked up some steam as afternoon trading rolled on. The Dow was up 350 points, or 0.8%, around 2:30 p.m. ET. The S&P 500 was up 1.3%. The Nasdaq Composite was up 1.7%.

Among the bears is BCA Research, which said recently it sees stocks tipping into a bear market in the first half ... Since 1928, in years when the S&P 500 has hit at least 50 record highs, the ...