Please, correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t a bear market just negative sentiment about the future? This negative sentiment just causes people to exit the market and lock in losses, tax harvest, or solidify gains before losing money? I guess I just don’t understand bearish sentiment. Like, do bears feel like they’re winners because they likely exited positions lower than they could’ve? Maybe instead bears are long on puts? I just don’t get why you would want to be a bear. I must be missing something because unless you’re solely buying puts, how are you making money being a bear? Perhaps bears are just bulls that are happy to see down markets to create value plays? Do bears even exist? I dunno, bears seem like cringey versions of the Joker cosplayers who “just want to watch the world burn,” but why lol. Don’t we all just want to make money? I’m so lost.
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