NOT at all what I was conveying.
But rather, if you are investing or trading within an inverse vehicle (VIX, TVIX, puts, etc.) you are speculating that the vehicle in question will have its price increase - correct?
That by definition is a BULLISH stance even though the overall hedge is for the equity markets to decrease.
We surely remain in a BEAR market, but the BULLISH inverse investor capitalizes on these bear market downturns because his inverse vehicle has actually INCREASED in value.
In essence, it could be argued that there is never a BEAR market in place.
YMMV..............considerably