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ELI5 Bear Markets - where it gets its name?
Season 1 · Episode 178

ELI5 Bear Markets - where it gets its name?

Why is it called a bear market? How did it become used to describe financial markets? What does it have to do with bear skins? What does a stock market ‘dead cat bounce’ mean? ... we explain like I'm five Thank you to the r/explainlikeimfive...

ELI5 Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast

July 22, 20226m 40s

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Why is it called a bear market? How did it become used to describe financial markets? What does it have to do with bear skins? What does a stock market ‘dead cat bounce’ mean?

... we explain like I'm five

Thank you to the r/explainlikeimfive community and in particular the following users whose questions and comments formed the basis of this discussion: tallahazey21, lazerslayer, azotta and willtheyeverlearn

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