Financial Glossary

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Baby Bond
Baby Boomer
Back-End Ratio
Back Office
Back Stop
Back-to-Back Letters of Credit
Backdoor Roth IRA
Backflush Costing
Backlog
Backorder
Backtesting
Backup Withholding
Backward Integration
Backwardation
Bad Credit
Bad Debt
Bad Debt Expense
Bag Holder
Bail Bond
Bail-In
Bailout
Bait and Switch
Balance of Payments (BOP)
Balance of Trade (BOT)
Balance Sheet
Balanced Budget
Balanced Fund
Balanced Investment Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Balloon Loan
Balloon Payment
Ballpark Figure
Baltic Dry Index
Bancassurance
Bandwagon Effect
Bank
Bank Bill Swap Rate (BBSW)
Bank Capital
Bank Confirmation Letter (BCL)
Bank Credit
Bank Deposits
Bank Identification Number
Bank Rating
Bank Reserve
Bank Statement
Bank Stress Test
Bank Draft
Bank-Owned Life Insurance (BOLI)
Banker’s Acceptance
Bank Guarantee
Bank Reconciliation
Bank Run
Bankruptcy
Banner Advertising
Baptism by Fire
Barbell
Bar Chart
Bare Trust
Barrel Of Oil Equivalent (BOE)
Barrels Of Oil Equivalent Per Day (BOE/D)
Barrier Option
Barriers to Entry
Barter
Base Effect
Base Pay: Definition as Income, and Comparison to Annual Pay
What Is a Base Year? How It’s Used in Analysis and Example
Basel I
Basel II: Definition, Purpose, Regulatory Reforms
Basel Accords: Purpose, Pillars, History, and Member Countries
Basel III
Baseline
Basic Earnings Per Share (EPS)
Basic Materials
Basis
Basis Point (BPS)
Basis Risk
Basket of Goods
Basket Trade
BAT Stocks
Batch Processing
Baye’s Theorem
BCG Growth-Share Matrix
Beacon Score
Bear Call Spread
Bear Hug
Bear Market
Bear Put Spread
Bear Spread
Bear Stearns
Bear Trap
Bearer Bond
Bearer Share
Bearish Engulfing Pattern
Behavioral Economics
Behavioral Finance
Bell Curve
Below-the-Line Advertising
Ben Bernanke
Benchmark
Beneficial Owner
Beneficiary
Benefit-Cost Ratio
Who Was Benjamin Graham?
Berhad (BHD)
Berkshire Hathaway
Bermuda Option
Bernie Madoff
Bespoke CDO
Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement (BATNA)
Best Endeavors
Best Practices
Beta
Better Business Bureau (BBB)
Bicameral System
Bid
Bid and Ask
Bid-Ask Spread
Bid Bond
Bid Price
Bid Size
Big Data
Bilateral Contract
Bilateral Trade
Bill Auction: Definition, How It Works & How to Participate
Bills of Materials (BOM)
What Is a Billing Cycle? How It Works, How Long It Is and Example
Bill of Exchange
Bill of Lading
Binance Coin (BNB)
Binary Option: Definition, How They Trade, and Example
Binomial Distribution
Binomial Option Pricing
Bioremediation
Bird In Hand
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Cash
Bitcoin Mining
Bitcoin Misery Index
Bitcoin Wallet
Black Money
Black Box Model
Black Friday
Black Market
Black Monday
Black Scholes Model
Black Swan
Black Tuesday
Blended Rate
Blind Trust
Block Trade
Blockchain
Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS)
Blockchain Wallet
Bloomberg
Bloomberg Terminal
Blotter
Blue Book
Blue Chip
Blue-Chip Stock
Blue Ocean
Blue Sky Laws
Board of Directors (B of D)
Board of Governors
Board of Trustees
Boil the Ocean
Boilerplate
Boiler Room
Bollinger Band
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
Bond
Bond Covenant
Bond Discount
Bond Equivalent Yield (BEY)
Bond ETF
Bond Fund
Bond Futures
Bond Ladder
Bond Market
Bond Quote
Bond Rating
Bond Rating Agencies
Bond Valuation
Bond Yield
Bondholder
Bonus
Bonus Depreciation
Bonus Issue
Book Building
Book Runners
Book-to-Bill
Book-to-Market Ratio
Book Value
Book Value of Equity Per Share (BVPS)
Book Value Per Common Share
Bookie
Boom And Bust Cycle
Bootstrap
Borrowing Base
Both-to-Blame Collision Clause
Bottleneck
Bottom Line
Bottom-Up Investing
Bounced Check
Boundary Conditions: What They are, How They Work
Box Spread
Brain Drain
Branch Accounting
Branch Banking
Branch Manager
Brand
Brand Awareness
Brand Equity
Brand Extension
Brand Identity
Brand Loyalty
Brand Management
Brand Personality
Brand Recognition
Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC)
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS)
Breadth Indicator
Break-Even Price
Break-Even Analysis: Definition and How to Calculate and Use It
Breakeven Point: Definition, Examples, and How to Calculate
Breakout
Bretton Woods Agreement and System
Brexit
Brick and Mortar
Bridge Financing
Bridge Loan
Broad Money
Broker
Broker-Dealer
Brokerage Account
Brokerage Company
Brokerage Fee
Brown Bag Meeting
Brownfield Investment
Bubble
Budget
Budget Deficit
Budget Surplus
Budget Variance
Build America Bonds (BABs)
Build-Operate-Transfer Contract
Bull
Bull Call Spread
Bull Market
Bull Put Spread
Bull Spread
Bull Trap
Bullet Bond
Bullet Repayment
Bullish Abandoned Baby
Bullish Engulfing Pattern: Definition, Example, and What It Means
Bullish Harami
Bundle of Rights
Bungalow Definition: What Makes a House a Bungalow?
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Bureaucracy
Burn Rate
Business
Business Activities
Business Asset
Business Banking
Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
Business Cycle
Business Development Company (BDC): Definition and How to Invest
Business Economics
Business Ecosystems
Business Ethics
Business Exit Strategy
Understanding Business Expenses and Which Are Tax Deductible
Business Insurance
Business Intelligence (BI)
Business Models
Business Plan
Business Process Outsourcing
Business Risk
Business-to-Business (B2B): What It Is and How It’s Used
Business to Consumer (B2C)
Business to Government (B2G)
Business Valuations
Butterfly Spread
Buy and Hold
Buy and Sell Agreement
Buy-In
Buy-In Management Buyout (BIMBO)
Buy Limit Order
Buy-Side
Buy Stop Order
Buy the Dips
Buy to Cover
Buy to Open
Buyback
Buyer’s Market
Buying on Margin
Buying Power
Buyout