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Capital Budgeting: A firm's planned capital expenditures.

Nasdaq Small-Capitalization Companies: A group of 2000 companies with relatively small capitalization, which are listed separately and have at least two market makers.

Negative Working Capital: Occurs when current liabilities exceed current assets, which can lead to bankruptcy.

Morgan Stanley Capital International Indexes: These indexes are computed by the investment firm Morgan Stanley's Capital International group (MSCI). They track stocks traded in international stock markets, and are considered the benchma . . . View Full Definition

Mid-Capitalization (Mid-Cap) Stock: A mid-cap stock is one issued by a corporation whose market capitalization falls in a range between $2 billion and $10 billion, making it larger than a small-cap stock but smaller than a lar . . . View Full Definition

Maximum Capital Gains Mutual Fund: A mutual fund whose objective is to produce capital gains by investing in small or risky rapid-growth companies.

Net Capital Requirement: SEC requirement that member firms and nonmember securities broker-dealers maintain a maximum ratio of indebtedness to liquid capital of 15 to 1.

Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI): Publisher of a number of well-known benchmarks, such as the MSCI World Index.

Net Realized Capital Gains Per Share: Capital gains realized by an investment company minus any capital losses divided by the total number of the company's outstanding shares.

Other Capital: In the balance of payments, other capital is a residual category that groups all the capital transactions that have not been included in direct investment, portfolio investment, and reserves . . . View Full Definition