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Bell
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BellSignal on a stock exchange to indicate the open and close of trading.
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Signal
To convey information through a firm's actions. The more costly it is to provide a signal, the more credibility it has.
Stock
US equivalent of the British word "share", a block of shares with a nominal value of 100, or various kinds of fixed-interest securities; in Britain, goods stored ready for sale, raw materials, work in progress and finished but unsold products.
Exchange
A marketplace in which shares, options and futures on stocks, bonds, commodities, and indexes are traded.
Open
Used in the context of general equities. Having either buy or sell interest at the indicated price level and side of a preceding trade. "Open on the buy-sell side" means looking for buyers-sellers (for someone who is a seller-buyer).
Close
The close is the period at the end of the trading session. Sometimes used to refer to closing price.
Trading
Buying and selling securities.
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Before tax contributions
The portion of an employee's salary contributed to a retirement plan before federal income taxes are deducted; this reduces the individual's gross income for federal tax purposes.
Before tax profit margin
The ratio of net income before taxes to net sales.
Beggar thy neighbor
An international trade policy of competitive devaluations and increased protective barriers that one country institutes to gain at the expense of its trading partners.
Beggar thy neighbor devaluation
A devaluation that is designed to cheapen a nation's currency and thereby increase its exports at the expense of other countries.
Behind
Used for listed equity securities. At the same price but entered after your order/interest, such as on the specialist's book.
Bell
Below par
Less than the nominal or face value of a security.
Benchmark
This is an investment funds comparison measurement tool.
Benchmark error
Use of an inappropriate proxy for the true market portfolio.
Benchmark interest rate
Also called base interest rate, it is the minimum interest rate investors will demand for investing in a non-Treasury security.
Benchmark issue
Also called on-the-run or current-coupon issue or bellwether issue. In the secondary market, the benchmark issue is the most recently auctioned Treasury issues for each maturity.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Signal
To convey information through a firm's actions. The more costly it is to provide a signal, the more credibility it has.
Stock
US equivalent of the British word "share", a block of shares with a nominal value of 100, or various kinds of fixed-interest securities; in Britain, goods stored ready for sale, raw materials, work in progress and finished but unsold products.
Exchange
A marketplace in which shares, options and futures on stocks, bonds, commodities, and indexes are traded.
Open
Used in the context of general equities. Having either buy or sell interest at the indicated price level and side of a preceding trade. "Open on the buy-sell side" means looking for buyers-sellers (for someone who is a seller-buyer).
Close
The close is the period at the end of the trading session. Sometimes used to refer to closing price.
Trading
Buying and selling securities.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Before tax contributions
The portion of an employee's salary contributed to a retirement plan before federal income taxes are deducted; this reduces the individual's gross income for federal tax purposes.
Before tax profit margin
The ratio of net income before taxes to net sales.
Beggar thy neighbor
An international trade policy of competitive devaluations and increased protective barriers that one country institutes to gain at the expense of its trading partners.
Beggar thy neighbor devaluation
A devaluation that is designed to cheapen a nation's currency and thereby increase its exports at the expense of other countries.
Behind
Used for listed equity securities. At the same price but entered after your order/interest, such as on the specialist's book.
Bell
Below par
Less than the nominal or face value of a security.
Benchmark
This is an investment funds comparison measurement tool.
Benchmark error
Use of an inappropriate proxy for the true market portfolio.
Benchmark interest rate
Also called base interest rate, it is the minimum interest rate investors will demand for investing in a non-Treasury security.
Benchmark issue
Also called on-the-run or current-coupon issue or bellwether issue. In the secondary market, the benchmark issue is the most recently auctioned Treasury issues for each maturity.
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