Tag: P

February 12, 2020

Bear Put Spread

What is a Bear Put Spread?DefinitionA bear put spread, also known as a long put spread or debit put spread, is a vertical spread which has to do with the buying of one put with the hope of profit...

February 11, 2020

Bear Spread

DefinitionA bear spread is a type of option strategy used in options trading. It occurs when an options trader purchases a contract at a higher strike price and sells at a lower strike price. For exam...

February 11, 2020

Balance of Payments (BOP)

What is the definition of Balance of Payments (BOP)?DefinitionBalance of Payments (BOP), also known as balance of international payments, is a record of all the financial transactions and interna...

February 11, 2020

Xerox raises bid to take over HP

On Monday, Xerox Holdings Corporation upped the ante in its bid for a stunning merger with HP Inc (HP +2.6%). Worth around $18.40 in cash and 0.149 Xerox shares (XRX + 1.4 %) for each HP sha...

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

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

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 06, 2020

Backup Withholding (BWH)

What is Backup Withholding (BWH)?It is expected of every taxpayer with certain kinds of income payments to report these payments on an information return (federal income tax return). The income paymen...

February 05, 2020

Backstop

What is a Backstop in finance? This is an insurance policy formed during the UK-EU Brexit negotiation and agreement. It is among the draft of withdrawal written during the time of Theresa May's g...

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...