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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stan Choe and Alex Veiga

What is a bear market and are we in one?

Wall Street could soon be in the claws of another bear market - (AFP via Getty Images)

Investors are increasingly concerned that Wall Street is on the precipice of another bear market, driven by the Trump administration's escalating trade war and the potential for global economic fallout.

The current market downturn evokes the rapid and volatile decline of 2020, when the S&P 500 plummeted 34 per cent in a single month, marking the shortest bear market on record.

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