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Investment Dictionary, Terms Starting With [B]

Back pay Balance Balanced budget Bank reconciliation Below the line Billing cycle Blank endorsement Blind entries Book inventory Book profit Books of final entry Books of original entry Book value per share Bottom line Burn rate Bank credit Bank draft Bank holding company Bank Holiday Banking Banking Act of 1933 Bank Note Bank Trust Department Barren money Blank check Bounced check Brokered CD Baby bond Balanced fund Balloon maturity Bank-eligible issues Basket Bearer Bearer bond Bearer instrument Below par Benchmark interest rate Best ask Best bid Bid Bid/ask spread Bid-to-cover ratio Bill Bill pass Blanket bond Blend fund Block Block trade Blue List Bond anticipation note Bond Buyer Bond circular Bond crowd Bonded Bond equivalent yield Bond fund Bondholder Bond indenture Bond market Bond ordinance Bond quote Bond resolution Bond swap Book-entry security Brady bond Bullet bond Bullet contract Bureau of Public Debt Busted convertible Buy Back office Best efforts offering Best-execution requirement Block house Blue Sky Laws Boiler room Boutique Broker Brokerage Brokerage firm Brokerage house Broker loan Brought over the wall Bucket shop Bulk segregation Bunching Buying on margin Buy limit order Buy minus Buy minus order Buy on close Buy on opening Buy order Buy stop order Buy the book Broad money Bullion Basic earnings per share Back door Back door financing Balance of payments Bank Rate Barometer Base interest rate Base period Base-year analysis Basis point Bear market Board of Governors Boom Borrowed reserves Business cycle Buying power Back months Backwardation Basis Basis trading Buying basis Buying hedge Bolsa Bourse Bulldog market Bare Beneficiary Benefit Beneficial owner Blue Chip Break-even analysis Banking syndicate Blowout Breaking the syndicate Backdate Bequeath Bequest Bill of exchange Bill of sale Binder Blue Laws Boilerplate Bona fide Breach Breach of trust By the book Bailing out Balloon loan Balloon note Balloon payment Bankrupt Bank term loan Base rate Blanket lien Blended rate Borrow Bridge financing Bridge loan Broker loan rate Business credit Business finance companies Bust-up takeover Backdoor listing Black knight Blitzkrieg tender offer Breakup value Bulk sales escrow Buyout Back-end load Benchmark risk Beta Bogey Breakpoint B shares Bargain element Bear straddle Bull straddle Butterfly spread Buy and write Bad title Benefit offset Benefits administration Blackout period Bearer share Big Board Black Friday Black Monday Black Tuesday Bonus share Borrowed stock Broad-base index Broken lot Bubble Bubble theory Bulletin board Buy-side Back testing Balanced investment strategy Barbell strategy Behavioral finance Bottom fisher Box spread Bullet strategy Back taxes Backup withholding Before-tax income Break-even tax rate Base Blow-off top Bollinger bands Bottom Breadth-of-market theory Bear Bearish Beat the gun Bell Bounce Break Bull Bullish Bull market Buying outright