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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5 percent in October, while the Bear fund dropped 11.

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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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Funds raised by the afternoon tea will go to the Charlie Bear fund to help youngsters with cancer.

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It was all in aid of the Charlie Bear Fund, the designated charity for the Northern Centre for Cancer Treatment.

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Invesco's Rupert Bear fund (0800 028 4050) accepts lump sums or regular contributions as low as pounds 20 a month.

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A slightly riskier bet is an investment or unit trust - like Invesco's Rupert Bear Fund or Aberdeen's Thomas & Friends Children's Investment Plan.

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The Whitburn Comprehensive pupil has thousands of pounds built up in children's savings bonds, two policies with the Royal London Insurance Company, her own Nationwide building society account, and just recently opened by her mother, an Invesco Rupert Bear fund.