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1.
What was the longest bear market in the United States?
The Great Depression. By far, this was the longest bear market.
2.
What does the advance-decline line use to forecast market trends?
A net advance. This figure measures the difference between the number of stocks advancing in price and the number declining in price.
3.
Selling short involves _______.
Selling when prices are high and buying when prices fall. This is the reverse of the buy low, sell high strategy. It attempts to take advantage of falling prices.
4.
Economists and market-watchers use a practice called _______ to help them predict stock values.
Technical analysis. This is the use of market data to analyze individual stocks and the market as a whole.
5.
Bull market investors seek _______ more than anything.
Growth. Bull markets are about rising prices, and rising prices are what growth is about. Therefore, income and dividends are secondary.