Terms starting with M
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MCX
The Multi Commodity Exchange of India, the country's largest exchange for commodity derivatives.
Risk & Portfolio ManagementMean Reversion
The tendency of a series to return toward its long-run average after moving far away from it.
Market Psychology & Behavioural FinanceMental Accounting
Treating money differently depending on its source or intended use, rather than as fungible.
Corporate Actions, Dividends & GovernanceMerger
The combination of two companies into a single entity, with one absorbing the other or both forming a new company.
Market Basics & InstrumentsMid-Cap Stock
A share of a company ranked 101st to 250th by market capitalisation under India's classification.
Corporate Actions, Dividends & GovernanceMinimum Public Shareholding
The regulatory requirement that at least a stated proportion of a listed company's shares be held by the public.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationMoat
A durable structural advantage that lets a company earn returns above its cost of capital for many years without being competed away.
Risk & Portfolio ManagementModern Portfolio Theory
The framework holding that assets should be judged by their contribution to a portfolio's risk and return, not in isolation.
Bonds & Fixed IncomeModified Duration
The percentage change in a bond's price for a one-percentage-point change in yield.
Indicators & OscillatorsMomentum Indicator
An indicator measuring the speed of price change rather than its level or direction.
Economy, Macro & Market CyclesMonetary Policy
A central bank's management of interest rates and money supply to achieve inflation and growth objectives.
Indicators & OscillatorsMoney Flow Index
An oscillator bounded 0 to 100 that applies the RSI calculation to price multiplied by volume rather than to price alone.
Economy, Macro & Market CyclesMoney Supply
The total stock of money in an economy, measured in graduated aggregates from narrow to broad.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsMoneyness
The relationship between an option's strike price and the current price of the underlying.
Technical Analysis & Chart PatternsMorning Star
A three-candle formation of a large falling candle, a small-bodied candle, then a large rising candle closing well into the first body.
Indicators & OscillatorsMoving Average
The average price over a fixed number of recent periods, recalculated as each new period is added.
Indicators & OscillatorsMoving Average Crossover
The point at which a shorter moving average crosses above or below a longer one.
Indian Market, Regulation & TaxationMuhurat Trading
A symbolic one-hour trading session held on Diwali to mark the start of the Hindu accounting year, Samvat.
Funds, ETFs & Index InvestingMulti-Cap Fund
An equity fund required to hold a minimum allocation to each of the large, mid and small-cap segments.
Market Basics & InstrumentsMultibagger
A colloquial label for a share whose price has risen to a multiple of its purchase price, such as a five-bagger for a fivefold rise.
Funds, ETFs & Index InvestingMutual Fund
A pooled investment vehicle that collects money from many investors and invests it in securities according to a stated objective.
Market Psychology & Behavioural FinanceMyopic Loss Aversion
The tendency to evaluate a long-term portfolio too frequently, magnifying the felt pain of short-term losses.