Business Cycle

Business Cycle Cyclical occurrences of economic recession and expansion. … [Read more...]

Business Failure

Business Failure Businesses that have ceased operations causing creditors some degree of loss. … [Read more...]

Business Risk

Business Risk Risk arising from the possibility that the issuer’s cash flow is impaired by unfavorable economic conditions. In such circumstances, the operating expenses may fail to be met by the issuer. … [Read more...]

Business Risk Exclusion

Business Risk Exclusion Coverage often omitted when product liability insurance is taken. Such risk occurs when the company’s product fails to meet performance level promised by the company. … [Read more...]

Busted Convertible

Busted Convertible Refer: Fixed-income equivalent. Mainly pertains to convertible instruments. … [Read more...]

Buy In

Buy In Refer: evening up, liquidation. Covering, setting off or closing a short position through a trade. … [Read more...]

Buy Limit Order

Buy Limit Order Refer: Sell limit order. Trading order that has a built in condition regarding the maximum price at which the security may be bought. … [Read more...]

Buy on Close

Buy on Close Purchasing during the trading session’s ending phase at closing range price. … [Read more...]

Buy on Margin

Buy on Margin Purchase of additional shares by investor by placing the shares as collateral to borrow funds for the transaction. … [Read more...]

Buy on Opening

Buy on Opening Carrying out purchases when the trading session begins, at opening range prices. … [Read more...]

Buy-and-Hold Strategy

Buy-and-Hold Strategy Investment strategy of the passive kind where there is no active selling or buying right from the portfolio creation time until the investment horizon concludes. … [Read more...]

Buydowns

Buydowns Mortgage loans wherein a third party pays a share of the monthly repayments of principal and interest during the initial few years. This helps reduce the monthly burden on the borrower. … [Read more...]

Buying the Index

Buying the Index Acquiring S&P 500 stocks in a proportion matching any given index so that the returns achieved are the same as the index. … [Read more...]

Buy Back

Buy Back A repurchase or repo. … [Read more...]

Buy Break

Buy Break Recommendation to purchase an asset when the price crosses an influential resistance level. This strategy is often used by traders who use chart patterns, trendlines and similar indicators to make buy- sell decisions. … [Read more...]

Buy-Side Analyst

Buy-Side Analyst Analysts employed by large non brokerage money management companies to advise about securities purchased on company accounts. … [Read more...]

CAPM Capital Asset Pricing Model

CAPM Capital Asset Pricing Model Theory in economics describing the linkage between risk and return. Used to price risky securities. The model asserts that only systematic risk is priced by rational investors. CAPM states that the rate of zero risk securities plus risk premium … [Read more...]

CARDs

CARDs Stands for Certificates of Amortized Revolving Debt. Credit card receivables backed pass-through securities. … [Read more...]

CARs

CARs Stands for Certificates of Automobile Receivables. Automobile receivables backed pass-through securities. … [Read more...]

CBOE

CBOE Stands for Chicago Board Options Exchange. Securities exchange that enables public trading of option contracts that are standardized. … [Read more...]