Stock market cycles

The stock market is like a giant shopping mall. Every day, lots of people buy and sell items (stocks) in this mall. Sometimes, the prices of items go up, and sometimes they go down. This up-and-down movement of the prices is called the stock market cycle. It's kind of like a wave going up and down. That wave lasts for a certain amount of time and then keeps repeating itself. When the prices of stock go up it is called a bull market and when the prices go down it is called a bear market. Bull markets are good for the people that own stock because they can sell the stocks they own at a higher price than they originally bought them for. Bear markets are bad for those that own stock because they can only sell their stock at a lower price than they bought them for.