Bill of Lading

Bill of Lading Exporter – transporter contract wherein the transporter undertakes to transport goods provided stipulations limit his liability. Bill of lading is the receipt for these goods and also acts as proof of delivery or of receipt in future. … [Read more...]

Binomial Option Pricing Model

Binomial Option Pricing Model Model for option pricing model wherein the underlying asset may assume only two discrete values that are possible, over the next period of time for each value taken in the period of time before. … [Read more...]

Black Economy

Black Economy Portion of country’s economic activity that originates from sources that do not fall within the purview of the country’s commerce related rules and regulations. Such activities may be legal or illegal. … [Read more...]

Black Market

Black Market Market that exists against the law. … [Read more...]

Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model

Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model Call option pricing model based on arbitrage arguments. The stock price, strike price, zero risk interest rate, standard deviation of return on the stock and time remaining until expiration are taken into account. … [Read more...]

Blanket Inventory Lien

Blanket Inventory Lien Loan that is secured and offers the lender a lien against inventories held by borrower … [Read more...]

Blanket Mortgage

Blanket Mortgage Mortgage that encompasses more than one real estate property. Although these properties are collateral for the mortgage, individual pieces can be sold without retiring the mortgage. … [Read more...]

Block House

Block House Agencies that deal with brokerage transactions and help identify potential sellers and buyers for large block dealings. … [Read more...]

Block Trade

Block Trade A trading order that is large, consisting of 10,000 shares or market value of at least $200,000. … [Read more...]

Block Voting

Block Voting Shareholder group combining all their voting rights into one single block. … [Read more...]

Blocked Currency

Blocked Currency Any currency not freely exchangeable to other currencies because of restrictions or controls. … [Read more...]

Blow Off Top

Blow Off Top Sharp, quick price rise succeeded by sharp, quick price drop. This indicator is a technical analysis tool for predicting market trends and price of stock. … [Read more...]

Blue Book

Blue Book Officially called as Kelley Blue Book, a compilation of prices for new and used automobiles and other vehicles encompassing all models and types. … [Read more...]

Blue Chip Company

Blue Chip Company Well established, significantly sized company that is considered creditworthy. … [Read more...]

Blue Sky Laws

Blue Sky Laws Laws in force in states covering securities issue and trading. … [Read more...]

Bogey

Bogey Comparison return that is used as a basis for evaluating the performance of an investment manager. … [Read more...]

Boilerplate

Boilerplate Terms and conditions used conventionally as a standard. … [Read more...]

Bond

Bond Debt instruments that are issued for periods greater than one year. Many institutions in U.S sell bonds, such as government, water districts, companies and other institutions. An investor purchasing bonds makes a loan to the issuer, who commits to repay principal on a given … [Read more...]

Bond Agreement

Bond Agreement Debt agreement on those debts that are privately placed. … [Read more...]

Bond Covenant

Bond Covenant Stipulation contained in a bond indenture. Positive covenant demand certain actions while specified actions are prevented by negative covenants. … [Read more...]