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Matador Market
Definition: The foreign market in Spain.
Match-fund
Definition: A bank is said to match-fund a loan or other asset when it does so by buying (taking) a deposit of the same maturity. The term is commonly used in the Euromarket.
Matched And Lost
Definition: The outcome of the flip of a coin used to determine which of two brokers who are locked in competition for equal trades may actually execute the trades.
Matched Book
Definition: A bank runs a matched book when the of maturities of its assets and liabilities is distribution equal.
Matched Maturities
Definition: The coordination by a financial_institution of the maturities of its assets (loans) and liabilities (deposits) in order to enable it to meet itsobligations at the required times.
Matched Orders
Definition: Used for listed equity securities. Participate in equal amounts of a trade at a certain price, particularly when two parties have the same level of priority on the exchange floor (this requires standing in the trading crowd).
Matched Sale Purchase Transactions
Definition: Transcations in which the Federal Reserve sells a government security to a dealer or a foregin central bank and agrees to buy back the security to a dealer or a foreign central bank and agrees to buy back the security on a specified date (usually within seven days) at eh same price (the reverse of a repurchase agreement). Such transaction allow the Federal Reserve to temporarily absorb excess reserves from the banking system, limiting the ability of banks to make new loans and investments.
Matched Sale Transaction
Definition: Applies mainly to convertible securities. Procedure whereby the Federal Reserve Bank of New York sells government securities to a nonbank dealer against payment in federal funds. The agreement requires the dealer to sell the securities back by a specified date, which ranges from 1 to 15 days. The Fed pays the dealer a rate of interest equal to the discount rate. These transactions, also called reverse repurchase agreements, decrease the money supply for temporary periods by reducing dealers' bank balances and thus excess reserves.
Matching Concept
Definition: The accounting principle that requires the recognition of all costs that are associated with the generation of the revenue reported in the income statement.
Material Adverse Change Or Effect
Definition: Many mergers and acquisitions contracts include a material adverse change clause that allows a company to renegotiate or walk away from a deal if the other company or its subsidiaries announces a significant event that may negatively affect its stock price or operations. See also materiality.
Materiality
Definition: The importance of an event or information in influencing a company's stock price. Companies must report any material events within one month by filing SEC form 8-K.
Materials Requirement Planning
Definition: Computer-based systems that plan backward from the production schedule to make purchases in order to manage inventory levels.
Mathematical Programming
Definition: An operations research technique that solves problems in which an optimal value is sought subject to specified constraints. Mathematical programming models include linear programming, quadratic programming, and dynamic programming.
Matif SA
Definition: The futures exchange of France.
Matrix Trading
Definition: Swapping bonds in order to take advantage of temporary differences in the yield spread between bonds with different ratings or different classes.
Mature
Definition: To cease to exist; to expire.
Mature Economy
Definition: The economy of a nation with a stable population and slowing economic growth.
Matured Noninterest-bearing Debt
Definition: Outstanding savings bonds and notes that have reached final maturity and no longer earn interest. Includes all Series A-D, F, G, 1, J, and K bonds. Series E bonds (issued between May 1941 and November 1965), Series EE (issued since January 1980), Series H (issued from June 1952 through December 1979), and savings notes issued between May 1967 and October 1970 have a final maturity of 30 years. Series HH bonds (issued since January 1980) mature after 20 years.
Maturity
Definition: For a bond, the date on which the principal is required to be repaid. In an interest rate swap, the date that the swap stops accruing interest.
Maturity Date
Definition: Usually used for bonds. Date that the bond finishes and is paid off. Date on which the principal amount of a note, draft, acceptance, bond, or other debt instrument becomes due and payable.
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