What is 'Bagging the Street' An investor's failure to avoid trading in the stocks that are part of a block and also within a specified amount of time. Bagging the street refers to a situation where an...
DefinitionBailment describes a legal relationship in common law where physical possession of personal property, or a chattel, is transferred from one person to another person who subsequently has possession of the property. It arises when a person gives property...
Blockchain Blockchain is a public ledger that contains all the transaction done in Bitcoin that have been executed till date. Since there are new set of recordings added to it every day, the completed blocks are constantly growing....
A bear market refers to a market in which the prices of securities take a dip resulting in significant losses. It is quite difficult to recover from according to investors, and as selling continues, so does their pessimism regarding...
DefinitionA market trend is a perceived tendency of financial markets to move in a particular direction over time. These trends are classified as secular for long time frames, primary for medium time frames, and secondary for short time frames....
DefinitionA basis point is one hundredth of a percent or equivalently one ten thousandth. The related concept of a permyriad is literally one part per ten thousand. Figures are commonly quoted in basis points in finance, especially in fixed...
What is 'Bad Paper' Unsecured short-term fixed income instrument that is issued either by a corporation, city, state or country, that has a high probability of defaulting on their promissory notes. Since bad paper is not backed...
What is 'Backflip Takeover' An uncommon type of takeover in which the acquirer becomes a subsidiary of the acquired or targeted company, with business after the takeover conducted in the name of the acquired company. A backflip...
What is 'Bag Man' Any person in charge of organizing, collecting and transporting money, generally in connection with illegal or illicit activities. A bag man is someone who collects and delivers money on behalf of a boss...
Beta (beta coefficient or β) is a finance term that represents risk of a financial instrument. In simple terms, it is a numerical value that depicts how volatile are the prices of financial instruments. Beta is the standard deviation...