Bears In The Stock Market

This photo of a bear in a wall street type of setting illustrates issues with down markets, sell-offs, falling trading prices and so forth. Any market that is pulling back or experiencing profit taking is referred to as a "bear market" as opposed to markets climbing or on the upswing which are referred to as "Bull" markets. The bear in this picture happens to be a California Black Bear. If I was about to make a market play and came face to face with that bear I'd sure turn tail and run!

Bear Markets And Concept Photos

This concept photo of a bear market makes an ideal vehicle for capturing a viewers attention and compelling them to read or absorb the message whether it is an advertisement, editorial, or promotion. The image can easily be cropped to vertical or square from it''s horizontal format, and there is copy space and room for mastheads and headlines or inset photos. This is a versatile and flexible photo illustration that really says "bear market" even at small thumbnail sizes on the Internet. Any time we see a series of columns such as in this photograph, we associate it with finance, financial markets, big business and the economy. Bears, of course, we associate with all negative things around money. This is an image about adversity and challenge in investing, banking, and the economy.

Wall Street, Financial Markets, And Bears

While this photo of a bear in a financial setting brings to mind wall street, the location is actually in another area. The image of steps leading up to a series of columns does immediately bring to mind wall street and the financial markets. Add in a huge, lumbering and aggressive looking bear and you have the perfect image illustrating the concept of retreating markets, stock crashes, profit taking, and economic woes. This bear probably loves the idea of falling off of a fiscal cliff! On the other hand, because the bear is headed away from the building in the background, perhaps it is the bears that are in retreat and we are seeing an up market. The answer lies in the headline and accompanying text message.