The company made its bullish forecast as it published its full-year results, which showed that revenue had increased by more than 40 per cent to £74.3 million.

The extent of his invasive injuries dawned slowly and painfully, causing reassessment of an initially bullish forecast that he would be back 'in days rather than weeks'.

There are more bullish forecasts for the rest of the world.

This year big carmakers dominated the world's premier consumer technology get-together, showing off flashy concept cars and making bullish forecasts about driverless vehicles.

The price of cobalt, a key component in electric car batteries, more than doubled over the past year amid bullish forecasts of likely demand.

But cynics who ridicule the gullibility of bullish investors forget that exactly same thing happens on the way down.

Bullish investors argue that the ravenous international appetite for properties and the dearth of bank finance for developers make the ground fertile for those with equity.

Bullish investors have been poised to 'buy the dip' and take advantage of cheaper equity prices.

So why should modern, and particularly contemporary, art have found such a bullish market?

In a bullish market, they are likely to build up lists of interested investors and owner-occupiers and it's your job to get to the top of that list.

The price increase had its firm foundations in the incumbent bullish market dynamics of the mid-2000s.

The insurers argue that policies that matured last year had an extra year of high inflation and bullish markets.

The company issued a bullish outlook on its prospects next year, despite high fuel prices and increases in air passenger duty.

The company gave a bullish outlook for demand for its satellite phones and systems, which allow callers to get service in remote areas.

Shares in the company, which issued a bullish outlook, rose 1½p to 169¾p after a weak run up to the results.

Investors instead welcomed its bullish outlook for the new year, pushing the shares up 168p to 29.95.

That's fine, if the fund manager has a bullish outlook on the equity market.

Or maybe the bullish sentiment was a return of confidence in the global financial system?

Furthermore, he noted that indicators have shown a big jump recently in bullish sentiment.

Generally, a lower reading (0.6) of the ratio reflects a bullish sentiment among investors as they buy more calls, anticipating an uptrend.

This leaves more potential sellers than buyers, despite the bullish sentiment.