We have changed our privacy policy. In addition, we use cookies on our website for various purposes. By continuing on our website, you consent to our use of cookies. You can learn about our practices by reading our privacy policy.


Hard-To-Sell Asset

An adult toy plastics extrusion factory (not many buyers).

An otherwise lovely Lexus...which had just one too many Uber-ees with one too many drinks in them (and then out of them).

A teddy bear that's been gently loved by a little boy...and then a little-less-gently-loved by him twelve years later.

All hard-to-sell assets. There just isn't a liquid market of buyers the way there is for, say, a barrel of oil or an acre of Palo Alto real estate or a 1970s Magnum P.I.-style Ferrari. Those are all...easy to sell. “Soft” to sell.

Find other enlightening terms in Shmoop Finance Genius Bar(f)