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Personal Finance Terms

  1. Auto Insurance

  2. Auto Supplier Support Program (Auto SSP)

  3. Automated Teller Machine - ATM

  4. Automated Underwriting

  5. Automatic Rollover

  6. Automatic Savings Plan

  7. Automatic Transfer Of Funds

  8. Automatic Transfer Service - ATS

  9. Availability

  10. Availability Float

  11. Availability Schedule

  12. Available Credit

  13. Average Age Of Inventory

  14. Average Collected Balance

  15. Average Daily Balance Method

  16. Average Indexed Monthly Earnings - AIME

  17. Average Outstanding Balance

  18. Average Propensity To Consume

  19. Average Propensity To Save

  20. Average Selling Price - ASP

  21. Average Ticket

  22. Award Letter

  23. Away From Home

  24. B-Note

  25. B/C Loan

  26. B1/B+

  27. B2/B

  28. B3/B-

  29. Ba1/BB+

  30. Ba2/BB

  31. Ba3/BB-

  32. Babcock Graduate School of Management

  33. Baby Boomer

  34. Baby Boomer Age Wave Theory

  35. Back Of The Napkin Business Model

  36. Back Order

  37. Back Taxes

  38. Back Up The Truck

  39. Back-End Ratio

  40. Back-to-Back Commitment

  41. Back-To-Back Letters Of Credit

  42. Backlog

  43. Backorder

  44. Backup Line

  45. Backup Withholding

  46. Bad Check

  47. Bad Credit

  48. Bad Debt Expense

  49. Bailee's Customers Insurance

  50. Bait And Switch

  51. Balance Protection

  52. Balance Reporting

  53. Balance Sheet Reserves

  54. Balanced Budget

  55. Balloon Loan

  56. Balloon Mortgage

  57. Balloon Payment

  58. Bancassurance

  59. Bank

  60. Bank Card

  61. Bank Card Association

  62. Bank Confirmation Letter - BCL

  63. Bank Credit

  64. Bank Deposits

  65. Bank Draft

  66. Bank Examination

  67. Bank Failure

  68. Bank Fees

  69. Bank Holiday

  70. Bank Identification Number - BIN

  71. Bank Insurance

  72. Bank Insurance Fund (BIF)

  73. Bank Investment Contract - BIC

  74. Bank Letter Of Credit Policy

  75. Bank Marketing Association - BMA

  76. Bank of First Deposit - BOFD

  77. Bank Panic of 1907

  78. Bank Reconciliation Statement

  79. Bank Restriction Act of 1797

  80. Bank Run

  81. Bank Statement

  82. Bank-Owned Life Insurance - BOLI

  83. Bank-Owned Property

  84. Banker's Acceptance - BA

  85. Banker's Blanket Bond

  86. Banknet

  87. Banknote

  88. Bankruptcy

  89. Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention And Consumer Protection Act - BAPCPA

  90. Bankruptcy Financing

  91. Bankruptcy Risk

  92. Bankruptcy Trustee

  93. Banks For Cooperatives

  94. Banner Advertising

  95. Banque D'Affaires

  96. Barcode

  97. Bare Trust

  98. Bargain Purchase

  99. Bargain Sale To A Charitable Organization

  100. Barriers To Exit

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    Because of incomplete information, emotions or any other number of factors regarding the item being auctioned, bidders can have a difficult time determining the item's intrinsic value. As a result, the largest overestimation of an item's value ends up winning the auction.

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    A combination of the words "globalization" and "localization" used to describe a product or service that is developed and distributed globally, but is also fashioned to accommodate the user or consumer in a local market.

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    A special type of tax-deductible loss, similar to a casualty loss, where a loss has been incurred by taxpayers who reside in an area that has been designated as a federal disaster area by the President.

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    The notion that changes or policies designed to alter the course of the economy should be done slowly, rather than all at once.

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    An SEC designation for traders who trade the same security four or more times per day (buys and sells) over a five-day period, and for whom same-day trades make up at least 6% of their activity for that period.

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    A phenomenon in which the general price levels rise (inflation) due to increases in the cost of wages and raw materials.
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