Market capitalization is the market value of the issued equity of a firm. It is calculated by multiplying the number of shares in the market by the price per share. Market capitalization is typically ...
A market is simply anywhere or anything through which assets are traded. Stocks are issued and traded on the stock market, bonds on the bond market, options and futures on the derivatives market etc.A...
Mark-to-Market is an accounting methodology where assets are valued not by their purchase price, but by their current market value, hence they are 'marked' to market. This means the balance sheet...
Marginal cost is a term used in economics and accounting to describe the cost of producing one extra unit of goods or services above what is currently being produced. For example, if it costs a firm $...
Margin is a concept frequently explored in investing / trading and it refers to borrowed money which is used to invest (a.k.a. investing on the margin). This is essentially leverage, and the...
Managing Directors (MDs) are the highest-ranking role within an investment bank without becoming a Group Head or C-Level Officer. Their job is to find clients and get deals for the firm...
A Management Buyout (MBO) is a corporate action taken by the management of a firm, where they buy all the available shares in their own company in order to take the company private. This is done becau...
A macro environment is the global or national economy as a whole, rather than industry specific. This focuses on global financial, political and other assorted events. Many hedge funds, traders or ass...
Loss Carryforward is an accounting concept related to a net operating loss. It is simply the procedure by which a net operating loss is carried forward to a future period to reduce the ...
Long is a term used in trading to denote owning an asset and profiting when it's value goes up. This is the most common way to own assets, as it can be tricky to be short (profit when the as...