【答案解析】Over the past weeks, stock markets around the world are a little bit depressed. Dow Jones Industrial Average has lost all the gaining it earned so far. Japan's stock market is down 11% on the year. The price of gold has dropped in the largest scale in 15 years: Many emerging markets are not stable. Since central bankers around world will continue to raise interest rates higher, people generally believe that the financial markets will continued to be depressed ("bear markets") in the near future.