Bubble

The inflation of a good’s selling price above the intrinsic value. Two famous examples are the Dutch tulip mania of […]

Budget constraint

An equation that represents all combinations of goods and services that one could acquire that exactly exhaust one’s budgetary resources.

Bugs

Errors that crop up in software. Caused by inability of programmers to predict all possible ways that the code in […]

Bull

An investor who believes that securities are set to increase in price.

Bull trap

Evidence that is sufficient to convince investors (bulls) that a given security will increase in price, when, in actuality, the […]

Bundle pricing

The selling of multiple products as a single collection for a single price (usually at a price below the sum […]

Burn rate

This is the rate that a company is losing money, figuratively describing cash as being ‘burned.’ Typically, the burn rate […]

Business agility

Business agility refers to the ability for a business to make decisions and act on them quickly. Where these actions […]

Business angel

Also known as an angel investor. An individual who provides capital for a business start-up in return for a stake […]

Business cycle

The tendency for economies to experience peaks and troughs that follows a cyclical pattern – known colloquially as ‘boom and […]