Tag: Financial terms

February 10, 2020

Benefit-Cost Ratio (BRC)

What is a Benefit-Cost Ratio (BRC)?DefinitionThe benefit-cost ratio is an indicator used in a cost-benefit analysis to give an overview of a project or proposal showing the relationship between t...

February 10, 2020

Bear Hug

What is a Bear Hug?DefinitionIn business, a bear hug is a type of acquisition strategy used to acquire target companies. It is an offer made by a company that intends to buy the shares of a targe...

February 10, 2020

Bear Call Spread

What is a Bear Call Spread?DefinitionThe bear call spread is a type of options strategy used by option traders when there are suspicions of a price decrease of a security or asset. It is also known as...

February 10, 2020

Beacon Score

What is a Beacon Score?DefinitionThe Beacon Score is an Equifax Credit Bureau credit score technique used by lenders to test individual borrowers' creditworthiness. Through the use of a complex a...

February 10, 2020

BCG Growth Share Matrix

What is BCG Growth Share Matrix?The growth-share matrix is a type of portfolio management structure that assists companies to prioritize their businesses. It is a term coined by the Boston Consulting ...

February 07, 2020

Bailout

A bailout is said to happen when a business, an individual, or the government provide a failing company or government with capital or resources (capital injection). This usually happens when a company...

February 07, 2020

What is a Bail Bond in finance?

What is a Bail Bond?A bail bond is a type of surety bond which is signed by a defendant as an agreement to pay a sum of money as ordered by the court or appear in court for trial. It is cosigned by a ...

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 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...