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Bell
BellSignal on a stock exchange to indicate the open and close of trading. 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. We thank you for using the Financial Dictionary to search for BELL . If you have a better definition for BELL than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of BELL may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on BELL and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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