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| Margin Call | Traders on future markets are obliged to put up relatively small collateral deposits called the margin. If the price moves against the dealer the broker will ask for additional funds to maintain the ratio, which is called a Margin Call. |
| Mark | Usually the price at which a deal is carried out. |
| Market Size | The number of shares in which a market maker is prepared to deal, eihter as a buyer or seller, at his advertised bid/offer spread. |
| Materialised Shares | This is when the share certificates are held in paper form. |
| Maturity | Repayment date for investment, applied to a bond or life insurance policy. |
| Merger | The joining of two or more separate companies into one. The term merger is used where both companies are roughly on equal terms, which is different from a take-over, which occurs either when the bidding company is much greater in size than the target. |
| Middle Market Price | The average between the price at which a stock can be sold and the price at which a stock can be bought. |
| Money Market | Wholesale short-term market for debt instruments issued with a maturity of one year or less. |
| Money Market Fund | A mutual fund or unit trust that invests its capital into short term money market assets, such as bank certificates of deposit. |
