A breakeven point is the level at which an investor or firm will have made no profit and no loss on an investment, i.e. a return of zero.Investors and firms calculate a point or price at which all the...
A 'box spread' is a trading term used for hedging when trading. It requires buying and selling highly correlated assets in the correct ratios to each other. An example of a box would be...
Boutique investment banks are smaller than the large global banks and tend to focus on one or two areas of investment banking. Typically, they act in an advisory role for M&A although so...
Book Value (BV) is the value of any asset as recorded on a balance sheet. When used in context of a company, it is total assets minus intangible assets minus liabilities although depending on who...
A bond is a financial product that allows an investor to lend money to a company or government. The company or government issues a bond that is essentially an IOU, which is then purchased by investors...
Bollinger Bands are a feature of a chart used in technical analysis to analyze volatility in a market. They are derived from the standard deviations away from the moving average price.Wide Bollinger B...
A blue chip company is one that is large, globally recognized and financially stable. They typically sell products that are widely used and high quality. Usually, blue chip companies are seen as being...
Bid is simply the price in a market for which an asset can be sold (i.e. the price at which it is being bought). The bid price is usually also quoted with the amount of the asset which the buyer is pr...
Beta is a term used in trading to indicate volatility or systematic risk of an asset compared to that of the overall market. Beta is one of the 5 technical risk ratios, is also sometimes kno...
A 'bear' is any investor or firm which believes that the financial markets (or any asset within them) is going to fall in value. They are typically seen as the pessimists of the financial world.In the...