Tag: N

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 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

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 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...

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...