Terms beginning with M

• M0
  In the UK, the amount of notes and coins in circulation plus bank and building society deposits. Also referred to as narrow money....(Read more)
• M0, M1, M2, M3, M4, L.
  See: 'money supply'...(Read more)
• M1
  In the US, the amount of notes and coins in circulation plus demand deposits (checking accounts from which money can be withdrawn on demand)...(Read more)
• M2
  In the UK, includes all M0 items plus a range of other products which can be used to settle debts. In the US, includes all M1 items plus sav...(Read more)
• M3
  In the US, includes all M2 items plus savings deposits over $100,000....(Read more)
• M4
  In the UK, includes all M2 items plus Bank wholesale deposits and Certificates of Deposit....(Read more)
• Maastricht Criteria
  Criteria, set out in the Maastricht Treaty, relating to inflation, budget deficits and public debt, that needed to be met by countries if th...(Read more)
• Macaroni Defence
  A tactic used by a company as defence against a hostile takeover bid involving the issue of a large number of bonds that must be redeemed at...(Read more)
• Macaroni Defense
  

  A tactic used by a company as defense against a hostile takeover bid involving the issue of a large number of bonds that must be redeemed...(Read more)

• Macaulay Duration
  The weighted-average term to maturity of the cash flows from a bond, where the weights are the present value of the cash flow divided by the...(Read more)
• MACD
  See Moving Average Convergence/Divergence....(Read more)
• Macroeconomics
  The study of aggregate economic behaviour using such elements as output, unemployment, price levels, government spending, interest rates, na...(Read more)
• Main Market
  The market for larger companies of the London Stock Exchange, also known as the Official List. The LSE also has a junior market called The A...(Read more)
• Maintenance Margin
  The lowest balance of funds that a broker will allow a counterparty to maintain when trading on margin....(Read more)
• Maintenance Payments
  Money paid by a divorced person to his/her partner to assist with living expenses....(Read more)