Glossary
- b (price addendum)
- B-shares
- Backwardation
- Balance-sheet analysis
- Bar chart
- Base currency
- Base interest rate
- Basis point
- Basis trade
- Basket certificate
- bB (price addendum)
- Bear Call Spread
- Bear flag
- Bear market
- Bear trap
- Bearer share
- Bears
- Benchmark
- Beta factor
- bG (price addendum)
- Bid
- Bid price
- Bid-ask spread
- Black-Scholes model
- Blue chips
- Bobl Future
- Bodies of the stock exchange
- Bond
- Bond index
- Bonus
- Bonus certificate
- Bonus shares
- Bonus thresholt
- Book-building
- Bookbuilding range
- Börsenordnung (Stock Exchange Rules and Regulations)
- Börsenrat (Exchange Council)
- Break-even point (warrants)
- Breakout gap
- Bridge capital
- Broker
- Brokerage commission
- Bund Future
- Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BAFin)
- Business angel
- Business plan
- Buyback
Bonus certificate
A bonus certificate represents an alternative to a direct investment in a share or an index. Investors primarily use them if they believe that despite rising prices setbacks are still likely to occur.
A bonus certificate is furnished with a bonus amount and an upper and lower price level. If the certificate expires with the price of the underlying ranging between these two levels, owners are paid out their bonuses. If the underlying was at or below the risk level during the certificate's lifetime, its price is that of the current value of the certificate at expiry. If the underlying is above the upper level at expiry, the investor fully participates in the price gains. Some bonus certificates have a profit cap. This is where the certificate stops participating in the price gains of the underlying.
A bonus certificate is issued at the current price of the underlying. The upper level is derived from adding the bonus to the issue price. The lower level is determined at issuance and usually expressed in percent.
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