Business / Finance Glossary

Marginal: Incremental.

Marginal Cost: The increase or decrease in a firm's total cost of production as a result of changing production by one unit.

Marginal Efficiency Of Capital: The percentage yield earned on an additional unit of capital.

Marginal Revenue: The change in total revenue as a result of producing one additional unit of output.

Marginal Tax Rate: The tax rate that would have to be paid on any additional dollars of taxable income earned.

Marginal Utility: The change in total satisfaction as a result of consuming one additional unit of a specific good or service.

Marital Deduction: A tax deduction that allow spouses to transfer unlimited amounts of property to one another.

Mark-To-Market: Adjustment of the book value or collateral value of a security to reflect current market value.

Markdown: The amount subtracted from the selling price of securities when they are sold to a dealer in the OTC market. Also, the discounted price of municipal bonds after the market has shown little i . . . View Full Definition

Marked-To-Market: An arrangement whereby the profits or losses on a futures contract are settled each day.

Market: Usually refers to the equity market. 'The market went down today' means that the value of the stock market dropped that day.

Market Analysis: An analysis of technical corporate and market data used to predict movements in the market.

Market Capitalization: Total market value in millions of dollars (or local currency) is calculated as market price times public common shares outstanding.

Market Capitalization Rate: Expected return on a security. The market-consensus estimate of the appropriate discount rate for a firm's cash flow.

Market Clearing: Total demand for loans by borrowers equals total supply of loans from lenders. The market, any market, clears at the equilibrium rate of interest or price.

Market Conversion Price: Also called conversion parity price, the price that an investor effectively pays for common stock by purchasing a convertible security and then exercising the conversion option. This price i . . . View Full Definition

Market Cycle: The period between the two latest highs or lows of the S&P 500, showing net performance of a fund through both an up and a down market. A market cycle is complete when the S&P is 15% below t . . . View Full Definition

Market Eye: A financial information service based in the U.K. sponsored by the ISE (International Stock Exchange of the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland) that provides current market and statistical information.

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