{"id":385345,"date":"2020-11-19T11:07:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T16:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=385345"},"modified":"2020-11-19T11:07:14","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T16:07:14","slug":"ready-for-a-bear-market-moneyrates-clarifies-investor-attitudes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ready-for-a-bear-market-moneyrates-clarifies-investor-attitudes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready for a Bear Market? MoneyRates Clarifies Investor Attitudes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Investors differ on what constitutes a bear market, and few are equipped to handle it<\/h2>\n

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\n FOSTER CITY, Calif.<\/span>, Nov. 19, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0The stock market can be a bear. As it cycles through both bull and bear stages, investor attitudes shape how they react to events. Still, many are unclear about stock market cycles and may be ill-equipped to assess the impact of major economic events such as the pandemic or the election, explains MoneyRates.com.<\/p>\n

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To better grasp the attitudes of American investors and how they deal with a bear market, the personal finance website conducted a new survey. Results reveal that individual expectations vary as to what a bear market is – no single definition appears to be held by a majority. <\/p>\n

The survey finds that the most popular bear market definition (“a loss of 10% or more that took at least a year to recover”) is held by 33.07% of responding investors. Roughly 27% believe that a bear market is a “loss of 20% or more,” the second-most-popular definition. <\/p>\n

Find the full study here: Survey: Are You Ready for a Bear Market?<\/a><\/p>\n

“Apparently, people aren’t quite sure what to expect from a bear market, based on the survey responses,” says Richard Barrington<\/span>, MoneyRates’ senior financial analyst and the survey’s author. “This includes how much they may lose and how long the loss could last. More experienced investors seem to have a keener sense of the damage a bear market can cause.” <\/p>\n

\n Other survey highlights<\/b>: <\/p>\n