Financial terms

February 07, 2020

Bag Holder

What is Bag Holder?A bag holder is a term used to refer to investors or individuals who are stuck with something that is completely worthless or almost worthless. Such a person is said to be left “h...

February 07, 2020

Bad Debt Expense

A business is always at risk so many times, one of these risks is offering goods and services on credit to customers who may likely fail to pay up. It’s a personal choice for a business to write off...

February 06, 2020

Bad Debt

For any business to thrive successfully it must duly pay attention to all aspects of the business that can likely affect its performance; this includes its credit extension. Businesses are prone to ex...

February 06, 2020

Backwardation

Backwardation is a term conversant with commodity trading in the futures market, closely associated with this term is ‘contango’. They are both terms used to define the futures price of a commodit...

February 06, 2020

Backward Integration

What is Backward Integration?“Backward integration refers to the process in which a company purchases or internally produces segments of its supply chain.”Backward integration can be simply d...

February 06, 2020

Backup Withholding (BWH)

What is Backup Withholding (BWH)?It is expected of every taxpayer with certain kinds of income payments to report these payments on an information return (federal income tax return). The income paymen...

February 05, 2020

Bad Credit

What is a Bad Credit? Bad credit is a historical bad report on a person's debt payment. The record states the person's inability to pay his or her debt when it was expected and the likelihood tha...

February 05, 2020

Back To Back Letter Of Credit

What is Back To Back Letter Of Credit?A back to back letter of credit is made of two letters of credit (LCs) used together to finance a business transaction. The two LCs are opened in favor of th...

February 05, 2020

Backtesting

What is Backtesting?Backtesting refers to the process of applying an analytical method or trade strategies on the existing model in order to observe how accurately the strategies would predict or dete...

February 05, 2020

Backstop

What is a Backstop in finance? This is an insurance policy formed during the UK-EU Brexit negotiation and agreement. It is among the draft of withdrawal written during the time of Theresa May's g...