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bob f asked in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay · 1 decade ago

why is wall street called bulls and bears?why not pigs and porcupines or skunks and rats?whats history behind?

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Anonymous
1 decade ago
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Bulls..roaring forward.
Bears... hibernating.

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