B
Glossary
Bear market
A prolonged decline in prices, typically defined as a drop of 20% or more from recent highs across major indices.
More B terms
All A-Z →- BetaA measure of a stock's volatility relative to the overall market. Beta > 1 means more volatile than market; < 1 means less.
- Bid priceThe highest price a buyer is willing to pay for an asset. Paired with the ask.
- Blue chipA large, well-established company with a history of reliable performance and often dividends.
- Bollinger BandsA volatility indicator plotting standard deviations above and below a moving average.
- BrokerAn intermediary who executes buy and sell orders for clients in financial markets.
- Bull marketA sustained period of rising asset prices, typically 20% or more from a recent low.
- Buy and holdA long-horizon strategy of owning assets through volatility rather than timing entries and exits.