Financial terms

February 04, 2020

Backorder

What is Backorder? Backorder is a situation whereby customers are allowed to purchase unavailable stocks. Simply put backorder means more orders than the available stock. In a backorder,  a ...

February 04, 2020

Backflush in Finance

What is backflush?This is a situation whereby a company's production process was first completed before the recording of all the related issuance from stocks used in the production process. Backflush ...

February 04, 2020

Back Office

What is Back Office in Finance? Traditionally, a company is made up of two portions, the front desk, and the back office. However, a financial firm has another portion referred to as the middle o...

February 04, 2020

Back-End Ratio

What is Back-End Ratio? This is also known as a debt-to-income ratio. Back-End Ratio is used to determine how much of a person's salary would be used to clear his or her debt. It can also be used...

February 03, 2020

Backlog

What is Backlog in finance? This is usually a list of work that needs to be completed. While this definition is a general one, in accounting and business, Backlog might mean that the company is y...

February 03, 2020

Backdoor Roth IRA

The backdoor Roth IRA is an indirect loophole that allows high-income earners to contribute to the Roth IRA. Although, the government-sanctioned contribution to the Roth IRA through a backdoor, if you...

February 03, 2020

Baby Boomers

This is a term used to describe people who were born between 1946 and 1964. The baby boomer category represents a large portion of the world population and has a significant impact on the world econom...

February 03, 2020

Baby Bond

These are income fixed securities available that are usually sold for smaller dollar rates typically for $500 or less. Baby bond is very popular among average investors as a result of its small invest...

February 03, 2020

Acceptable Quality Level (AQL)

Acceptable Quality Level (AQL)  The Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) is an industrial metric that determines the quality level of a good product or service that is the least tolerable. The accep...