Market Value-Weighted Index Index calculated by taking weighted averages of returns of a specific group of securities. The outstanding market value is used to determine weightage. … [Read more...]
Market versus Quote
Market versus Quote The comparison of last price at which a security traded with the current bid/ask prices. … [Read more...]
Market-Book Ratio
Market-Book Ratio Share price prevailing in the market divided by each share’s book value. … [Read more...]
Market-if-touched (MIT)
Market-if-touched (MIT) An instruction or price order that is executed when specified price levels are met. Price is below market if instruction is to buy and above market if instruction is to sell. … [Read more...]
Marketability
Marketability Presence of an active secondary market for a negotiable security that shows that it can be resold with minimum difficulty. … [Read more...]
Marketed Claims
Marketed Claims Tradable claims that can be transacted in financial markets. For example, claims of bondholders or stock holders. … [Read more...]
Marketplace Price Efficiency
Marketplace Price Efficiency The measurement of influence of available marketplace information on prices of assets. Estimated as the problems arising in earning a greater return through active management than passive management, provided risk and costs associated with strategy and … [Read more...]
Marketweight
Marketweight Credit rating system for instruments yielding fixed-income. This system gives a subjective evaluation of the accuracy of current credit spread to show if an investment is viable. … [Read more...]
Markowitz Diversification
Markowitz Diversification Related: naive diversification. Investment strategy that aims at combining assets in a portfolio based on mathematical models. The goal is to gain maximum returns within given risk levels by identifying suitable assets. … [Read more...]
Markowitz Efficient Frontier
Markowitz Efficient Frontier Graphical representation of Markowitz efficient set of portfolios. Depicts the frontier of the set of portfolios that can yield maximum return for a specific level of risk. Any portfolios above this frontier are unattainable. The Markowitz efficient … [Read more...]
Markowitz Efficient Portfolio
Markowitz Efficient Portfolio Portfolio that matches the best possible return expectation at specific risk level. … [Read more...]
Markowitz Efficient Set of Portfolios
Markowitz Efficient Set of Portfolios Grouping of every efficient portfolio, graphically represented with the Markowitz efficient frontier, giving the collative group that matches a specific risk return requirement. … [Read more...]
Master Limited Partnership (MLP)
Master Limited Partnership (MLP) Limited partnership that is traded publicly. … [Read more...]
Matador Bond
Matador Bond Foreign bond issued in Spain but by a company with non Spanish domicile. Typically these are corporate bonds, denominated in pesetas. … [Read more...]
Matched Book
Matched Book State of affairs in banking system when assets and liabilities are matched evenly with respect to maturity. … [Read more...]
Matching Concept
Matching Concept Principle of accounting that requires inclusion of all costs that are relevant to generation of revenue that the income statement presents. … [Read more...]
Matching Strategy
Matching Strategy Investment strategy whereby portfolios matching the individual needs of different investors are created through phased investment durations. … [Read more...]
Materials Requirement Planning
Materials Requirement Planning Inventory management that uses computerized planning based on production schedule to order purchases to meet production requirements. … [Read more...]
Mathematical Programming
Mathematical Programming Technique used in operations research to solve problems where the outcome is an optimal value that fulfills specific conditions. Models using this technique include linear programming, dynamic programming and quadratic programming. … [Read more...]