Buy in
To cover, offset or close out a short position. Related: evening up, liquidation.
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Tag Archive for 'B Glossary'
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Butterfly shift
A non-parallel shift in the yield curve involving the height of the curve.
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Business risk
The risk that the cash flow of an issuer will be impaired because of adverse economic conditions, making it difficult for the issuer to meet its operating expenses.
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Business failure
A business that has terminated with a loss to creditors.
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Business cycle
Repetitive cycles of economic expansion and recession.
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Bundling, unbundling
A trend allowing creation of securities either by combining primitive and derivative securities into one composite hybrid or by separating returns on an asset into classes.
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Bullish, bearish
Words used to describe investor attitudes. Bullish refers to an optimistic outlook while bearish means a pessimistic outlook.
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Bullet strategy
A strategy in which a portfolio is constructed so that the maturities of its securities are highly concentrated at one point on the yield curve.
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