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Margin: A deposit of funds to provide collateral for an investment position. See also initial margin, variation margin and maintenance margin. |
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Majority shareholder: A Shareholder who is part of a group that controls more than half the outstanding Shares of a corporation. |
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Market efficiency: The degree to which current prices reflect a set of information. |
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Market prices: The amount of Money that a willing buyer pays to acquire something from a willing seller, when a buyer and seller are independent and when such an Exchange is motivated by only commercial consideration. |
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Market lots: The minimum trading lot on a stock exchange. On compulsorily dematerialized shares for all classes of investors, the market lot is just one share |
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Minimum price
movement: The smallest possible price change. See also point and tick size. |
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Mutual fund: This is a type investment company that sells its shares (called units) to the public and uses the proceeds to invest in other companies. |
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