Bagels are an indispensable item served during critical restructuring meetings with cream cheese. In the moment of extreme stress, participants throw the Bagels against the wall of the conference room or at the participants at the meeting.
In the market, the broker can use the term that indicates a warning that the stock price is headed towards the shape of the bagel or Zero.
The term indicates the asset - investment has fallen drastically compared to a penny or other historically low-cost securities.
If the value of such an asset is headed towards a bagel, it means the security is approaching the rate when it will become nearly worthless.
In such conditions, one can predict that the company is nearing bankruptcy or facing major solvency issues.
Sometimes, some financial or energy stocks return from a bagel, or there can be chances when the equity investors lose their entire stakes in a company that was bought at a very high rate.