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Market Adjustment-Trading Securities Account: An account used to track the difference between the historical cost and the market value of a company's portfolio of trading securities.

Memorandum Accounts: A name for the accounts held in a subsidiary ledger. Eg. the accounts in a sales ledger .

Milk Marketing Orders: Administered by the Agricultural Marketing Service, federal milk marketing orders were first instituted in the 1930s to promote orderly marketing conditions by, among other things, applying . . . View Full Definition

Medical Savings Accounts (MSA): Savings accounts designated for out-of-pocket medical expenses. In an MSA, employers and individuals are allowed to contribute to a savings account on a pre-tax basis and carry over the unus . . . View Full Definition

Medical Savings Account (MSA): A trust that employees of small businesses may establish to pay for out-of-pocket medical expenses.

Marketplace Price Efficiency: The degree to which the prices of assets reflect the available marketplace information. Marketplace price efficiency is sometimes estimated as the difficulty faced by active management of ea . . . View Full Definition

Matador Market: The foreign market in Spain.

Miss The Price-Market: Used for listed equity securities. (1) Have an order in hand but fail to execute a transaction on terms favorable to a customer and, thus, be negligent as a broker; (2) receive an order just . . . View Full Definition

Mixed Account: A brokerage account holding both long and short positioned securities.

Money Market Hedge: The use of borrowing and lending transactions in foreign currencies to lock in the home currency value of a foreign currency transaction.