The song is simply an anecdote about modern working life, using the point of a view of a stock market trader. There's nothing more to it than that and I don't see why people read more into it - there are plenty of other REM songs to interpret. This is good old fashoined story telling.
And in short a bull market is one in which shares are on a continuous upward trend and a bear a continuous downward trend. Although it is 'slightly' more complex than that, that's all you really need to know!
The song is simply an anecdote about modern working life, using the point of a view of a stock market trader. There's nothing more to it than that and I don't see why people read more into it - there are plenty of other REM songs to interpret. This is good old fashoined story telling. And in short a bull market is one in which shares are on a continuous upward trend and a bear a continuous downward trend. Although it is 'slightly' more complex than that, that's all you really need to know!