Mom And Pop Establishment

Key takeaways – “Mom-and-pop” describes small, usually family-owned or independently operated businesses that serve local communities with personalized service and curated product mixes. (Investopedia)…

Modus Operandi Mo

Key takeaways – Modus operandi (Latin: “way of operating”) describes a person’s or group’s habitual method of working or behaving; commonly abbreviated M.O. –…

Modified Dietz Method

The modified Dietz method is a dollar-weighted technique for measuring a portfolio’s historical return that adjusts for the timing of external cash flows during…

Mcf

Introduction MCF is a standard volumetric unit used in the oil and gas industry to report natural gas quantities. Because gas is reported in…

Modigliani Miller Theorem

Key takeaways – The Modigliani–Miller (M&M) theorem (1958) shows that under a set of idealized assumptions (no taxes, no bankruptcy costs, frictionless markets, symmetric…

Market Segmentation Theory

Market segmentation (or segmented markets) theory holds that debt markets are effectively divided by maturity: short, intermediate and long-term bonds each form distinct markets…

Market Segment

A market segment is a subset of a broader market made up of people, organizations, or businesses that share one or more meaningful characteristics…

Minimum Monthly Payment

• The minimum monthly payment is the smallest amount a borrower must pay on a revolving credit account (like a credit card) to keep…

Mill Levy

A mill levy is a property tax rate expressed in “mills.” One mill equals one dollar of tax for every $1,000 of a property’s…

Modified Duration

Key takeaways – Modified duration measures a bond’s price sensitivity to small changes in interest rates: roughly, the percent change in price for a…