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Bull Market

August 22, 2026 · Aditya Gupta

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A bull market is a sustained rise of 20% or more in major stock indices from a recent low. The US averages a bull market every 5-7 years, with the longest bull (March 2009 to February 2020) running 132 months. Bulls are driven by economic growth, corporate earnings expansion, falling interest rates, and rising investor confidence. The risk in bull markets is overconfidence — investors chase the latest winners, take excessive leverage, and abandon diversification. Discipline in a bull market (rebalancing back to target allocations, taking some profits, maintaining cash reserves) sets you up to capitalize when the bear inevitably arrives.

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