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So bearish is negative? What about hawkish?


Bullish and bearish are common stock market terms[1] meaning optimistic and pessimistic. Hawkish means advocating war, which doesn't clearly align with optimistic or pessimistic.

[1] https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/investing/bullish-vs-bear...




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