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February 14, 2020

Bank

What is a Bank?     “…an establishment for custody of money, which it pays out on customer’s order.”Oxford DictionaryDefinitionA bank is the major financial institutio...

February 14, 2020

Bank Credit

What is a Bank Credit?Definition‘Bank Credit’ is a financial term used to refer to the amount of money a business or individual can borrow from a bank. It is also referred to as the money tha...

February 14, 2020

Bank Confirmation Letter (BCL)

What is a Bank Confirmation Letter (BCL)?DefinitionA bank confirmation letter is a letter that confirms an established loan or line of credit with a financial institution. It is a letter gotten f...

February 14, 2020

Bank Bill Swap Rate (BBSW)

What is Bank Bill Swap Rate (BBSW)?DefinitionThe bank swap rate, also known as Bank Reference Rate, is the rate banks charge to lend money to each other in Australia. In the happening of an unexp...

February 13, 2020

Ballpark Figure

What is the definition of a Ballpark Figure?DefinitionA ballpark figure, also known as order of magnitude, is a numerical approximation or estimate of the value of a thing to fall within a particular ...

February 12, 2020

Lyft Q4 Stock Earning Report

 Lyft (LYFT) is a ride-hailing company very popular in the United States. Like Uber, the company has worked effortlessly to expand its reach across the shores of the United States. For a while no...

February 12, 2020

Bear Market

What is a Bear Market?DefinitionA bear market is a situation when there is a 20% (or more) fall in the prices of securities from a recent high over a period of two months or more. A bear market c...

February 10, 2020

Merck Spin-off

 Merck, the giant pharmaceutical company, has officially announced plans to Spin-off a bunch of their products, totaling 6.5 billion in dollars. The announced products consist of, but not limited...

February 07, 2020

When will Lyft report its earnings?

According to Nasdaq, Ridesharing company Lyft Inc (LYFT) will report its earnings after hours on February 11, 2020. The report will be for the fiscal quarter ending Dec 2010, and 5 analysts' foreca...

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...