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

An arrangement between business owners that provides that the shares owned by any one of them who dies shall be sold to and purchased by the other co-owners or by the business.