Big Bang
Big Bang has two different geographical meanings: |
Similar financial terms
Big FourIn the UK, the Big Four refers to the four large clearing banks: Lloyds TSB, Barclays Bank, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland.
Big Six
The Big Six referred to the former 6 big accountancy firms: KPMG, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche and Arthur Andersen. (Note that there are now only 4, Price Waterhouse having merged with Coopers and Lybrand, and Ernst & Young having taken over most of Arthur Andersen's acconting and tax businesses.)
Big Figure
The first two or three digits of a foreign exchange price or rate. Examples: JPY/USD rate of 111.27/32 the big figure is 108. EUR/USD price of .8158/62 the big figure is .81.
Big Board
A nickname for the New York Stock Exchange. Also known as The Exchange. More than 2,000 common and preferred stocks are traded. Founded in 1792, the NYSE is the oldest exchange in the United States, and the largest. It is located on Wall Street in New York City.
Bang for the buck
The most impact or results for your money.
"Brown tries to get a lot of bang for the buck by not paying too much more than the market for a stock while finding companies with dramatically superior earnings growth and return on equity."
Fortune, Aug. 21, 1995, p.127.
