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BLUE COLLAR

An employee who does physical labor in a factory or workshop. The result of the labor is a tangible item. Refer to white collar.

BOILER ROOM

When a salesperson uses hard selling to sell niave parties over the phone. They often lie to the people they talk to.

BOND CLASSIFICATION

They type of bond given. It can be collateral, convertibility, maturity, price, or transfer method.

BOND PAPER

A paper that is used for writing, typing, printing, and copying. It is used for office stationary as well. It is bought by weight. It is made from 20-100% cotton. It was

BOND WITH WARRANT

A standard BOND that is issued with attached WARRANTS (ie, long dated OPTIONS), which can often be detached and traded separately. By selling the package, the issuer lowers its effective COST OF

BOOK-BUILDING

The process of gathering firm ORDERS or INDICATIONS OF INTEREST for a NEW ISSUE of securities. UNDERWRITERS involved in the new issue carry out bookbuilding, and the results are used to determine

BORDERLINE RISK

When an applicant is of less than presentable quality according to set standards.

BOTTOM FISHING

The activity of fishing for bottom feeders or researching or investing in securities at what is believed to be the low point of a market after a decline.

BOULWARISM

Boulwarism is a negotiation tactic named after General Electric’s former vice president Lemuel Boulware, who pioneered the strategy.

BRADY BOND

An emerging market BOND resulting from an exchange of rescheduled sovereign DEBT, named after former US Treasury Secretary Brady. Brady bonds, which were developed for a number of LESSER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES in

BRAND IDENTITY

The outward expression of a brand, including its name, trademark, communications, and visual appearance.

BRAND STRATEGY

Decision-making for the effective handling of brands; three general branding strategies are available – a single brand for all of the organisation’s products, family branding, or the use of individual brand names

BREAKAGE

The action of breaking something or a thing that has been broken.

BREAKEVEN STOP-LOSS

When a trader sets a specific price at which they will exit the financial market. Usually it is after a certain amount has been profited and can cover the trader’s costs.

BREWING

Make (beer) by soaking, boiling, and fermentation or make (tea or coffee) by mixing it with hot water.

BROAD FORM INSURANCE

Insurance coverage that extends beyond the basics to include rare events that may be of serious risk to the insured. This type of insurance usually requires that a higher premium, and often

BROKER DEALER

A brokerage firm that buys and sells securities on its own account as a principal before selling the securities to customers.

BROUGHT DOWN

A new accounting period’s balance that has been transferred from the previous period.

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