Tuesday, September 30, 2014

bull of a market



The Wall Street Bull is 11 feet tall 16 feet long and over 7000 pounds. The massive bronze bull has sharp horns, is in motion, and appears ready to charge. It is strong, and powerful.

The Wall Street bull is a beautiful work of art done by Arturo Di Motica and is a symbol of the stock market. It is a phenomenal representation of a bull market. A bull market is a market whose share prices are rising, and who future appears prosperous.

1. The signifier is the physical bull.

2. The bull signifies The stock market or the bull market.

3. The strength and size of the bull represents the power and strength the stock market has in the economy and in our lives. The fact that the bull is energetic and in motion symbolizes the constant movement of the stock market. It is unpredictable as to where the bull is going or what it is going to do; this unpredictability is a representation of the ups and downs of the stock market prices and its unpredictable nature. The bulls horns are sharp and ready to gored, just like the stock market is ready to gored whoever is too risky in the stock market.


It is interesting to think that the bull could symbolize different things at different times depending on how the market is doing as a whole. In times of prosperity it is easy to assume that the bull represents a bull market that is positive and shows a prosperous future; although, during times of famine the bull could symbolize something that is more dangerous, unpredictable, and to be respected more than to be tampered with.

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