Bear Fund

A mutual fund that invests predominately or exclusively in securities that tend to do well when most of the market is performing poorly and that do poorly when the market is performing well. Bear funds are intended to be a safe haven for investors in a down market. Examples of securities that may be found in a bear fund include stocks in budget retailers and fast food restaurants, since they tend to be stable and even experience some earnings growth during recessions.

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In fact, inflow for this bear fund over all of 2019 was also extremely high at net $300 million.

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Family flowers only please, donations if desired for Charlie Bear Fund, Northern Centre Cancer Care may be sent c/o E.

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The short film has been created to raise awareness about the Charlie Bear fund and the work it does as the dedicated charitable fund for Newcastle's award-winning Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC).

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On the other hand, if you are worried about the stale growth of loans in general, credit issues and auto loans, then considering an inverse view with a regional banks bear fund may be an interesting portfolio position in the short term.

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Top-selling equity funds during Q1 2016 on a net basis were Federated Strategic Value Dividend Fund, Federated Prudent Bear Fund, Federated International Leaders Fund, Federated International Strategic Value Dividend Fund and Federated Muni and Stock Advantage Fund.

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Perma bear, David Tice, manager of the Prudent Bear Fund, was quoted in "On Wall Street" saying, "Stocks will deliver sub-par performance over the next 10 years." Note that his fund is down about 60 percent since then while the Dow is up almost 100 percent.

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The Bull fund saw its price rise 10.5 percent in October, while the Bear fund dropped 11.6 percent (vs.

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Children's charity organisation Teddy Bear Fund also came out to criticise her performance, claiming that she has disrespected teddy bears all over the globe.

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A representative for the Teddy Bear Fund which gives out stuffed animals at abuse shelters said that the 20-year old singer made a "bad choice to use a universally loved children's teddy bear in an offensive way", TMZ.com reported.

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Rich has been called 'one of the top natural resource stock gurus in the industry today' by the Manager of the Prudent Bear Fund.

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Many years ago I was tempted to invest in a so-called bear fund in the UK, when stocks appeared overheated and due for a slump.

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"We think we're at the early stages," says David Tice, manager of the $1.2 billion Prudent Bear fund. "We can easily see declines of 50% to 60%." For some protection, investors can turn to bear funds.