PERSONAL FINANCE GLOSSARY

Back-End Load

Balance Transfer

Balanced Funds

Balanced Mutual Fund

Balloon Loan

Basic Earnings

Basis Point

Bellwether Stock

Benchmark

Beneficiary

Bequest

Best's Insurance Report

Beta

Bid

Bond

Bond Funds

Book To Bill

Book Value

Breadth

Business Continuation Plan

Buy-Sell Agreement

Mutual funds that invest in bonds issued by municipalities, corporations, and the U.S. government and its agencies. Bond mutual funds do not mature and are not guaranteed, although some of the individual bonds they invest in may be.