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marked to market A term used to describe the process of valuing open securities positions at the then-current price of the security. |
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market A public place where buyers and sellers make transactions, directly or through intermediaries. |
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market capitalization The sum of a corporation's long-term debt, stock, and retained earnings (also called invested capital) or, the market price of an entire company, calculated by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the price per share (also called market cap). |
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market maker A broker, bank, or firm that continually makes a two-way price to buy or sell a security. |
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market order An instruction that informs your broker that you want to buy or sell a stock at the best possible price that currently can be obtained. |
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market risk The uncertainty of returns attributable to fluctuation of the entire market. |
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market sentiment Crowd psychology, typically a measurement of bullish or bearish attitudes among investors and traders. |
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market value The value of a company as determined by investors, obtained by multiplying the current price of company stock by the common shares outstanding. |
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maturity The date on which a debt is required to be repaid. See also bond. |
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mircro cap Securities with a market capitalization of less than $50 million. |
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mid-cap Securities with a market capitalization between $250 million and $1 billion. |
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momentum The perceived strength behind a price movement. |
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momentum indicator A market indicator that represents the difference in price now from some fixed time period in the past. |
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money management In trading, a term frequently used to describe the sizing of positions in such a way as to balance the needs of protecting capital and securing an attractive return. |
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moving average A method of measuring a trend that smoothes fluctuations in data. A moving average is calculated, for a period with n values, as the sum of those values divided by n. |
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mutual fund An open-end investment company that pools investors' money to invest in a variety of stocks, bonds, or other securities. A mutual fund issues and redeems shares to meet demand, and the redemption value per share is the net asset value per share. |
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National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) An organization of brokers and dealers who trade securities in the United States. Supervised by the SEC, the NASD regulates all over-the-counter brokers and dealers. |
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National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (Nasdaq) A national computer network through which NASD securities dealers execute and post transactions and record prices. Analogous to SuperDot. |
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