M1
In the US, M1 is a narrow measure of the money supply. M1 is defined as all currency in more...
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MACD
MACD, which stands for Moving Average Convergence Divergence, is a technical indicator designed to compare price fluctuations of stocks and more...
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macroeconomics
Macroeconomics is the study of the behavior of the overall economy. Thus macroeconomics focuses on broad-based indicators of national economic more...
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maintenance fee
In the financial sense, a maintenance fee is a fixed charge that covers the operating expenses of a brokerage account. more...
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majority ownership
Majority ownership is ownership of 50% or more of another company's shares, or sufficient holdings that gives one company control more...
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majority shareholder
In corporate governance, a majority shareholder is a shareholder that has a majority of the shares of a company. more...
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managed account
A managed account is an investment account that is managed by a third party who has the authority to buy more...
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margin
Margin is money borrowed from a broker for trading purposes. Brokers generally require additional disclosures for opening margin accounts, and more...
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margin account
A margin account allows a trader or investor to buy stocks either with cash or with borrowed funds. Funds for more...
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margin agreement
A margin agreement is a securities customer agreement signed by an investor who wants to borrow money against securities he more...
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margin call
A margin call is the demand by a brokerage that an investor contribute additional cash to a margin account. more...
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margin loan
A margin loan is a loan made by a broker to an investor for the purpose of buying securities. The more...
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margin rate
Margin rate has multiple financial meanings. The margin rate is the interest charged by a broker or agent for more...
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marginal tax rate
The marginal tax rate is rate of tax applicable to each additional dollar of income. In other terms, the marginal more...
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market capitalization
Market capitalization is the number of shares outstanding times the stock price. In other words, market capitalization is the dollar more...
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market economy
In political economics, a market economy is an economy where market forces set prices. The market economy is distinct more...
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market inefficiency
Market inefficiency is a condition that occurs when current prices don't reflect the available information regarding securities. The anomaly known more...
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market maker
A market maker brings continueous liquidity to the trading market of a particular stock by standing ready to buy or more...
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market share
Market share is the percentage of the total market that a company controls for a particular product or product category. more...
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married filing jointly
Married filing jointly is the tax filing term for a married couple filing a single tax return. This means that more...
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married filing separately
Married filing separately is a tax filing status under which a married couple files a separate tax return for each more...
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mean return
Mean return for investors is the average expected return of an investment or portfolio. Mean return is usually used more...
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median
In statistics, the median is the middle of a distribution in the sense that half the values are below and more...
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Merc
The Merc commonly refers to Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). The Merc facilitates trading and exchange of tangible commodities futures, more...
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micro-cap stock
A micro-cap-stock is a stock with a very small market capitalization. Typically, a micro-cap stock is acknowledged as such if more...
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microeconomics
Microeconomics is the branch of economics that deals with individuals, companies, and industries. Microeconomics does not deal with performance of more...
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mid-cap stock
A mid-cap (mid-capitalization) stock is issued by a corporation with a market capitalization between that of a small-cap stock and more...
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minority interest
Minority interest represents shares owned by third parties when Company A acquires Company B. In other words, minority interest represents more...
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minority ownership
Minority ownership is ownership of less than 50% of a company's shares, or insufficient holdings to control the company's operations. more...
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misery index
The misery index is the unemployment rate plus the inflation rate. Reflecting its unhappy name, however, the misery index is more...
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modern portfolio theory
Introduced by Nobel Prize winner Harry Markowitz in the 1950s, modern portfolio theory proposes that investors may minimize market risk more...
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momentum indicator
A momentum indicator is a technical analysis indicator that attempts to quantify the momentum of upward and downward price movements. more...
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monetary policy
Monetary policy is the management of a nation’s money supply to achieve economic goals by a central bank or currency more...
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money center bank
The term money center bank is used to describe the largest financial services firms. There is no precise definition more...
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money flow
Money flow is a tool used by technical analysts to calculate the approximate total dollar volume traded on a stock more...
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money management
Money management is the managing of different uses of money for different clients. It involves budgets, investments, savings, spending, and more...
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money manager
In financial services, a money manager is a general term for a financial professional in the asset management arena. more...
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money market
The money market is the market for short-term financial instruments. Money market instruments include Treasury bills, bankers acceptances, commercial more...
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money market account
A money market account is a savings account that offers an above average rate of interest when compared to conventional more...
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money market fund
A money market fund is open-ended and invests only in short-term debt securities such as CDs (certificates of deposit), Treasury more...
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money market mutual fund
A money market mutual fund is a mutual fund that invests in short-term money market investments, such as US Treasury more...
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money supply
In macroeconomics, the money supply is the amount of money in use in an economy. There are multiple measures more...
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monopoly
A monopoly is when one company dominates the market for a particular good or service.
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Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo methods are numerical techniques used for solving complex mathematical problems. Monte Carlo methods become more efficient relative more...
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Morningstar Rating System
The Morningstar rating system evaluates mutual funds according to a statistical method of risk and returns. One to five more...
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mortgage
In law, the word mortgage technically means a pledge of real estate by a borrower to a lender as security more...
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mortgage banker
A mortgage banker is an individual or organization that lends capital to borrowers in the form mortgage loans. more...
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mortgage bond
A mortgage bond is a debt obligation secured by a mortgage on a commercial or residential property. A mortgage bond more...
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mortgage broker
A mortgage banker is an individual or organization that acts as an intermediary between borrower and lender to originate a more...
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mortgage insurance
Mortgage insurance is insurance covering the lender or other holder against non-payment of the mortgage loan by the borrower. more...
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mortgage interest deduction
In US federal taxation, the mortgage interest deduction is a deduction against gross income for interest paid on debt secured more...
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mortgage life assurance
Mortgage life assurance is a policy designed to help pay off a mortgage in the event of a policy holder’s more...
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mortgage life insurance
Mortgage life insurance is a type of life insurance policy designed to fully indemnify a mortgage in the event of more...
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mortgage rate
The mortgage rate is the rate of interest paid on a mortgage loan. With a fixed-rate mortgage, or FRM, more...
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mortgage refinance
A mortgage refinance occurs when a borrower pays down an existing loan (mortgage) using the proceeds from a new loan. more...
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mortgage-backed security
A mortgage-backed security (MBS) is a security based upon a pool of underlying mortgage loans. For instance, 500 thirty more...
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Mr. Market
Mr. Market is a metaphore created by investor Benjamine Graham. Mr. Market symbolizes Mr. Graham's concepts of fundamental market more...
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Multiple Listing Service
A Multiple Listing Service, or MLS, is a regional database of properties for sale in a market. Full access more...
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multiplier
In an economic model, a multiplier is a number that quantifies the relationship between the change in one economic quantity more...
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multiplier effect
The multiplier effect describes how an increase in some economic activity starts a chain reaction that generates more activity than more...
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municipal bond
A municipal bond is a bond issued by a city, county, or state government. A government body issues a municipal more...
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mutual fund
A mutual fund is an investment company designed to pool the funds of smaller investors and place them under professional more...
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mutual fund symbol
A mutual fund symbol is a group of letters and/or numbers that helps identify a mutual fund; so a mutual more...
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mutual life insurance company
A Mutual life insurance company is a life insurance provider that is owned by its policy holders. Unlike a mutual more...
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