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Amman Financial Market (AFM): Established in 1976, the AFM is the only stock exchange in Jordan.

Market Value: The market value of a stock or bond is the current price at which that security is trading. In a more general sense, if an item has not been priced for sale, its fair market value is the amo . . . View Full Definition

Market Value Ratios: Ratios that relate the market price of the firm's common stock to selected financial statement items.

Market Transition Payments: Referred to variously as AMTA payments, contract payments, or production flexibility contract payments made to farmers under Title I (the Agriculture Market Transition Act (AMTA)) of the FAI . . . View Full Definition

Market Tone: The general state of well-being of a securities market, based mostly on trading activity.

Market Value-Weighted Index: An index of a group of securities computed by calculating a weighted average of the returns on each security in the index, where the weights are proportional to outstanding market value.

Market-Book Ratio: Market price of a share divided by book value per share.

Marketability: A negotiable security is said to have good marketability if there is an active secondary market in which it can easily be resold.

Market-On-Close (MOC) Order: An order to trade stocks, options, or futures as close as possible to the market close.

Market-If-Touched (MIT): A price order, below market if a buy or above market if a sell, that automatically becomes a market order if the specified price is reached.