Bull and Bear Market
A friend explains bull and bear markets with rising and falling charts; the other proposes friendlier names.
Content note: Mild potty humor ('poopy').
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-09-18-bull-and-bear-market/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
A: "I can never keep 'bull market' and 'bear market' straight. Which is the good one?"
B: "It's easy! A bull market is when prices rise because everyone buys into the bull. And a bear market is when those illusions are laid bare."
A: "That's too depressing. We should give them different names. Like... 'puppy markets' are good, and 'poopy markets' are bad."
B: "Actually, you may be onto something."