Tag: commercial
Ratio Analysis
What is 'Ratio Analysis' A ratio analysis is a quantitative analysis of information contained in a company’s financial statements. Ratio analysis is...
Savings Association Insurance Fund (SAIF)
What is 'Savings Association Insurance Fund - SAIF' A government insurance fund for savings and loans and thrift institutions in the United...
Savings And Loan Crisis (S&L)
What is the 'Savings And Loan Crisis - S&L' The Savings and Loan (S&L) Crisis began under the volatile interest rate climate...
Backstop Purchaser
What is 'Backstop Purchaser' An entity that agrees to purchase all the remaining, unsubscribed securities from a rights offering. The backstop purchaser...
Backup Line
What is 'Backup Line' A line of credit used by a bank to cover any issue of commercial paper for which financing...
Back Up The Truck
What is "backing up the truck?"
Backing up the truck refers to the purchase of a large position in a stock or other financial asset...
Back-To-Back Letters Of Credit
What are 'Back-To-Back Letters Of Credit' Back-to-back letters of credit consist of two letters of credit (LCs) used together to finance a...
Bailment
What is 'Bailment' The contractual transfer of possession of assets or property for a specific objective. In bailment, the deliverer of the...
Canadian Rollover Mortgage
Home Ownership by Country Canadian Rollover Mortgage What is 'Canadian Rollover Mortgage' A home mortgage with an adjustable rate feature. The Canadian...
Cage
What is 'Cage' "Cage" is a slang term used to describe the department of a brokerage firm that receives and distributes physical...