Glossary of Stock Market Terms

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B
B1
B2
B2B
B3
BA
Ba1
Ba2
Ba3
Baa1
Baa2
Baa3
Baby bond
Back away
Back fee
Back months
Back office
Back on the shelf
Back taxes
Back up
Back up the truck
Back-end load fund
Back-testing
Back-to-back financing
Back-to-back loan
Backdating
Backdoor listing
Backed in
Backup line
Backup Line of Credit
Backup Withholding
Backwardation
Bad bank
Bad debt
Bad delivery
Bad title
BaFin
Bai-kai
Bailing out
Bailout
Bailout bond
Baker Plan
Balance of payments
Balance of trade
Balance on goods and services
Balance sheet
Balance sheet exposure
Balance sheet identity
Balanced budget
Balanced fund
Balanced mutual fund
Balloon interest
Balloon maturity
Balloon Payment
Ballot
Baltic Dry Index (BDI)
BAM
BAN
Bank anticipation notes (BAN)
Bank collection float
Bank discount basis
Bank draft
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Bank holding company
Bank Insurance Fund (BIF)
Bank Investment Contract (BIC)
Bank Letter of Credit Policy
Bank line
Bank loan
Bank note
Bank of England (BoE)
Bank of Japan (BoJ)
Bank regulation
Bank run (bank panic)
Bank trust department
Bank wire
Bank-based corporate governance system
Banker's acceptance
Banking Delay
Bankmail
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy code
Bankruptcy cost view
Bankruptcy proceedings
Bankruptcy risk
Bankruptcy view
Bar
Bar
Barbell strategy
Barefoot Investor
Barefoot pilgrim
Bargain hunter
Bargain-purchase-price option
Barometer
BARRA's performance analysis (PERFAN)
Barrier options
Barron's confidence index
Barter
Base
Base currency
Base interest rate
Base market value
Base period
Base probability of loss
Base rate
Basel I
Basel II
Basel III
Basic balance
Basic business strategies
Basic IRR rule
Basis
Basis point
Basis price
Basis risk
Basis trade
Basket
Basket credit default swap
Basket options
Basket trades
Baskets of Listed Depositary Receipts
Bayseian inference
BB
BBD
BD
BD form
BDI (1)
BDI (2)
BDS Statistic
BDT
BE
BEACON
Bear
Bear CD
Bear hug
Bear market
Bear raid
Bear rally
Bear spread
Bear trap
Bearer bond
Bearer form
Bearer share
Bearish
BEARS
Beating the gun
BEF
Before-tax contributions
Before-tax profit margin
Beggar-thy-neighbor
Beggar-thy-neighbor devaluation
Behavioral finance
Behind
Beige book
BEL
Bell
Bellwether issues
Below par
BEN
Benchmark
Benchmark error
Benchmark interest rate
Benchmark issue
Beneath
Beneficial Owner
Beneficial ownership
Beneficiary
Bequest
Bermudan option
Best efforts
Best's rating
Best-efforts sale
Best-interests-of-creditors test
Beta
Beta equation (security)
BF
BFA
BG
BGD
BGL
BGN
BGR
BH
BHC
BHD
BHR
BHS
BI
Bi-weekly mortgage loan
Biased expectations theories
BIC
Bid
Bid away
Bid bond
Bid price
Bid wanted
Bid-asked spread
Bid-to-cover ratio
Bidder
Bidding buyer
Bidding through the market
Bidding up
BIF (1)
BIF (2)
Bifurcation
Bifurcation Diagram
Big Bang
Big Board
Big Mac Index
Big picture
Big producer
Big uglies
BIH
Bilateral Netting
Bill of exchange
Bill of lading
Billing cycle
BIMBO
Binary credit default swap
Binary option
Binder
Binomial option pricing model
Bip
BIPS
BIS
Bitcoin
BJ
BL
Black Friday
Black Litterman Model
Black market
Black Monday
Black-Scholes option-pricing model
Blackout period
Blank check
Blank check offering
Blank Check Preferred Stock
Blanket certification form
Blanket fidelity bond
Blanket inventory lien
Blanket Mortgage
Blanket recommendation
BLDRS
Blind pool
Blind trust
Blitzkrieg tender offer
BLM
Block
Block call
Block house
Block list
Block trade
Block trader
Block voting
Blockchain
Blocked currency
Blocked funds
Blocker Corporation
Blow-off top
Blowout
BLR
Blue chip stocks
Blue list
Blue-chip company
Blue-sky laws
BLZ
BM
BMD
BMU
BN
BND
BO
Bo Derek stock
Board broker
Board of Directors
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Board room
BOB
Bogey
Boiler room
Boilerplate
BOL
Bollinger Bands
Bolsa
Bolsa de Commercio de Santiago (SSE)
Bolsa de Valores de Rio de Janeiro (BVRJ)
Bolsa de Valores de Sao Paulo (BOVESPA)
Bolsa Familia Program
Bolt
Bolt-on acquisition
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
Bon voyage bonus
Bond
Bond agreement
Bond anticipation note (BAN)
Bond broker
Bond Buyer
Bond Buyer's municipal bond index
Bond counsel
Bond covenant
Bond crowd
Bond discount
Bond equivalent yield
Bond fund
Bond indenture
Bond indexing
Bond market association
Bond mutual fund
Bond of Indemnity
Bond option
Bond points
Bond power
Bond premium
Bond rating
Bond ratio
Bond swap
Bond value
Bond-equivalent basis
Bondholder
BONDPAR
Bonds Enabling Annual Retirement Savings (BEARS)
Boning
Book
Book cash
Book profit
Book runner
Book to bill
Book to market
Book value
Book value per share
Book-Entry
Book-entry securities
Bootstrap
Bootstrapping
Borrow
Borrowed reserves
Borrower fallout
Boston Exchange Automated Communication Order-Routing Network (BEACON)
Boston Stock Exchange
Bot
Bot
Bottom
Bottom fisher
Bottom-up equity management style
Bottomline growth
Bought deal
Bounce
Bourse
Boutique
Box
Box spread
BPS
BR
BRA
Bracket
Bracket creep
Brady bonds
Branch
BRB
Breadth
Breadth of the market
Break
Break even
Break price
Break-even analysis
Break-even lease payment
Break-even payment rate
Break-even point
Break-even tax rate
Break-even time
Breakeven rate
Breaking the syndicate
Breakout
Breakpoint
Breakpoint Sale
Breakup value
Breeden, Douglas T.
Brent crude
Bretton Woods Agreement
Bridge financing
Bridge loan
Bring it out
British Bankers Association (BBA)
British clearers
BRL
BRN
Broad Market
Broad tape
Broad-Base
Broken up
Broker
Broker loan rate
Broker-dealer
Brokered CD
Brokered market
Brokers' loans
Brought over the wall
Bruise
Brussels Stock Exchange (BSE)
BS
BSD
BSE
BT
BTM
BTN (1)
BTN (2)
Bubble theory
Buck
Bucket shop
Budapest Stock Exchange
Budget
Budget authority
Budget deficit
Budget surplus
Buenos Aires Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires)
Build a book
Build Own Transfer
Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Approach
Builder buydown loan
Builders' All Risk
Bulge
Bulge bracket
Bull
Bull CD
Bull market
Bull spread
Bull-bear bond
Bulldog bond
Bulldog market
Bullet
Bullet contract
Bullet loan
Bullet strategy
Bullion coins
Bullish
Bump-up CD
Bunching
Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienst-leistungsaufsicht (BaFin)
Bundling, unbundling
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Burn rate
Burnout
Business combination
Business Combination laws
Business cycle
Business day
Business failure
Business risk
Business segment reporting
Bust-up takeover
Busted convertible
Butterfly
Butterfly shift
Butterfly spread
Buy
Buy hedge
Buy in
Buy limit order
Buy minus order
Buy on close
Buy on margin
Buy on opening
Buy on the bad news
Buy order
Buy stop order
Buy the book
Buy them back
Buy write
Buy-and-hold strategy
Buy-and-write strategy
Buy-side analyst
Buyback
Buydown
Buyer credit
Buyer's market
Buyers/sellers on balance
Buyin management buyout (BIMBO)
Buying climax
Buying power
Buying the index
Buyout
Buyout firm
BV
BVT
BW
BWA
BWP
BY
BYB
Bylaw Amendment Limitations
Bylaws
Bypass trust
BZ
BZD
BTC