Maintenance Call-call for additional money or securities when a margin account falls below the required amount of equity.
Margin-buying securities with credit available thru a broker.
Market Capitalization (Cap)-the total market value of a stock. This number comes from the current price multiplied by the number of shares outstanding. Small cap stocks are those that have a market value of under $1 billion. Large Cap stocks are those that have a value of $5 billion or more. Mid cap stocks range in size from $1 billion-$5 billion. In the year 2000 some of the companies with the largest market cap were...
Market Order-a request that a stock be bought or sold at the current market price. It is unwise to buy IPOs by using a market order.
Market Risk-the risk due to day to day fluctuations in prices at which securities can be bought or sold.
Mister Softee-street nick name for Microsoft.
Money Market fund-an open-end mutual fund that invests in highly liquid, short term and safe securities. These funds will pay money market interest. They first became available in the mid 1970s.
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