This 2 oz silver bull and the bear coins are struck in 9999 fine silver and are the two opposing forces commonly used to define the stock market’s trajectory – the tenacious bull, its horns thrusting upward; and the mighty bear, its forepaws swiping and striking downwards.

The attack-and-defense strategies employed by these two creatures may be the reason these animal terms are frequently used to describe market trends and conditions. Theirs is a battle for dominance that represents the stock market’s ups and downs, with prices and indexes steadily rising when the bull prevails.

Many analysts believe that a bull market is an extended period–can be over months, or even years–in which a stock market index sees extended gains; for this reason, the bull can be considered by many as synonymous with investor optimism, a growing economy and consumer confidence. A bear market, however, is greeted with pessimism because it occurs when indexes fall from a recent high.

Both the bull and the bear are a normal part of the investment market’s lifecycle. Both animals, ranging in size from the smallest black bear to the larger grizzly and the largest polar bear, are also present throughout Canada, home to over 60,000 cattle farms and ranches.

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