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A Bear fund tries do the opposite of what the market is doing.  If the market goes down, the bear fund should make money.  If the market goes up, the bear fund should lose money.  History shows that over the long term, the market tends to go up, so a bear fund investor is really taking a gamble.

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In case you are interested, here is a list of bear funds.

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