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Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS)
Definition: A 1986 act that set out rules for the depreciation of qualifying assets, allowing for greater acceleration over longer periods of time.
Modified Duration
Definition: The ratio of Macaulay duration to (1 + y), where y = the bond yield. Modified duration is inversely related to the approximate percentage change in price for a given change in yield.
Modified Pass-throughs
Definition: Agency pass-throughs that guarantee (1) timely interest payments and (2) principal payments as collected, but no later than a specified time after they are due. Related: fully modified pass-throughs
Modigliani And Miller Proposition I
Definition: A proposition by Modigliani and Miller which states that a firm cannot change the total value of its outstanding securities by changing its capital structure proportions. Also called the irrelevance proposition.
Modigliani And Miller Proposition II
Definition: A proposition by Modigliani and Miller which states that the cost of equity is a linear function of the firm's debt/equity-ratio.
Momentum
Definition: The amount of acceleration of an economic, price, or volume movement. A trader that follows a movement strategy will purchase stocks that have recently risen in price.
Momentum Indicators
Definition: Indicators used in market analysis to quantify the momentum of upward and downward price movements.
MONEP (Marche Des Options Negociables De Paris)
Definition: A subsidiary of the Paris Bourse that trades stock and index options.
Monetarist
Definition: An economist who believes that changes in the money supply are the most important determinants of economic activity and economic cycles.
Monetary Assets And Liabilities
Definition: Assets and liabilities with contractual payoffs.
Monetary Control Act Of 1980 (MAC)
Definition: Act which requires that all banks and all institutions that accept deposits from the public make periodic reports to the Federal Reserve System. Starting in September 1981, the Fed charged banks for a range of services that it had provided free in the past, including check clearing, wire transfer of funds and the use of automated clearinghouse facilities.
Monetary Gold
Definition: Gold held by governmental authorities as a financial asset.
Monetary Indicators
Definition: Economic indicators of the effects of monetary policy, such as the condition of the credit market.
Monetary Policy
Definition: Actions taken by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to influence the money supply or interest rates.
Monetary/non-monetary Method
Definition: Under this translation method, monetary items (e.g. cash, accounts payable and receivable, and long-term debt) are translated at the current rate while non-monetary items (e.g. inventory, fixed assets, and long-term investments) are translated at historical rates.
Monetization
Definition: The securitization of the gross revenues of a contract.
Monetize The Debt
Definition: Financing the national debt by printing new money, which causes inflation due to a larger money supply.
Money
Definition: Currency and coin that are guaranteed as legal tender by the government, a regulatory agency or bank.
Money Base
Definition: Composed of currency and coins outside the banking system plus liabilities to the deposit money banks.
Money Center Banks
Definition: Banks that raise most of their funds from the domestic and international money markets , relying less on depositors for funds.
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