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Mean-variance Efficient Portfolio
Definition: Related: Markowitz efficient portfolio
Measurement Error
Definition: Errors in measuring an explanatory variable in a regression, which leads to biases in estimated parameters.
Medallion Stamp Program
Definition: A program approved by the Securities Transfer Association that enables participating financial_institutions to guarantee signatures. The Medallion programs ensure that the individual signing the certificate or stock, power is in fact the registered owner as it appears on the stock certificate or stock power. Any U.S. financial institution that belongs to a Medallion Stamp Program can provide Medallion guarantees. Such institutions include banks, savings and loans, credit unions and U.S. brokerages.
Median Market Cap
Definition: The midpoint of market capitalization (market price multiplied by the number of shares outstanding) of the stocks in a portfolio. Half the stocks in the portfolio will have higher market capitalizations; half will have lower.
Medicare Tax
Definition: Used to provide medical benefits for certain individuals when they reach age 65. Workers, retired workers, and the spouses of workers and retired workers are eligible to receive Medicare benefits upon reaching age 65.
Medium Term
Definition: Two-six years.
Medium-term Bond
Definition: A bond maturing in two to ten years.
Medium-Term Guarantee Program
Definition: Ex-Im Bank effort encouraging commercial lenders to finance the sale of U.S. capital equipment and services to approved foreign buyers. The Ex-IM Bank guarantees the principal and interest on these loans.
Medium-term Note (MTN)
Definition: A corporate debt instrument that is continuously offered to investors over a period of time by an agent of the issuer. Investors can select from maturity bands of: 9 months to 1 year, more than 1 year to 18 months, more than 18 months to 2 years, etc., up to 30 years.
Medium-term Note Retail (MTNR)
Definition: Medium-term note designated for retail investors. For example, at Fannie Mae, it means that the bond is designated for individual investors that is underwritten through a dealer versus issuing through a program, like Investment Notes or Benchmark Notes.
Meff Renta Fija
Definition: The derivatives exchange in Barcelona, Spain, listing futures and options on fixed-interest securities and on interest rates, including the MIBOR (Madrid Interbank Offered Rate).
Meff Renta Variable
Definition: Stock index and equity derivatives market in Spain trading futures and options on the Iberian Exchange (IBEX)-35 index and on individual stocks.
Member Bank
Definition: A national- or state-chartered bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System.
Member Firm
Definition: Used for listed equity securities. Brokerage firm that has at least one membership on a major stock exchange even though, by exchange rules, the membership in the name of an employee and not of the firm itself.
Member Rate
Definition: Commission charged for the execution of an order for a person who is a member of or has trading privileges at the exchange.
Member Short Sale Ratio
Definition: The total shares sold short by NYSE members divided by total short sales, which is used to analyze market expectations and bullish or bearish trends.
Membership Or A Seat On The Exchange
Definition: A limited number of exchange positions that enable the holder to trade for the holder's own accounts and charge clients for the execution of trades for their accounts. Related: member firm.
Meme Stock
Definition: A stock that skyrockets in price due to viral hype on social media, often disconnected from company fundamentals. GameStop and AMC are prime examples.
Menu
Definition: Used in the context of general equities. Hierarchy of choices concerning price and volume of bids or offers proposed to a customer (e.g. Menu of offerings to a customer buyer - a) 10m @ 24 1/4; b) 25m @ 24 1/2; or c) 50m @ 24 3/4).
Merc, The
Definition: Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
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