Mom-and-pop is a term used to describe small and family-owned establishments. They often struggle to compete with the big competitions.

Marquee assets is sort of a crown jewel of the company. It is company’s most profitable and most precious advantage that is monetized the best and brings the most profit to the company.

A markup is the difference between investment's lowest offering price for brokers and the price charged from the customers who are willing to invest in a security.

M1 is the entire money supply including currency, coin, demand deposit, checks and other deposits. The most liquid part of money is measured in M! as it includes currency and assets that can be swiftly converted into cash.

Mine and yours is the term used by the floor traders in order to describe buying and selling process respectively. When they want to buy a security they only type ‘mine’. The same with selling and ‘yours’. This was invented for the quick and easy communication between two brokers during a fast transaction.

M2M economy is economic condition where transactions and economic operations are conducted between two machines rather than two people. AI is developing so fast that sooner or later it is going to become an every-day thing for us.

Merger is a process of uniting two companies in one company. There are different kinds and different reasons for every merger as well as for the process in general.

Media effect is the effect that mass media has on certain markets assets ads well on the market performance overall. The effect describes how certain stories in the media can influence market trends.

Market swoon is a process of a rapid fall of the stock market. The term refers to behavior of the market as a whole.

Monopolistic market is a theoretical condition in the market where only one company or only one service can be offered to the public. It is a direct opposite of a competitive market.

Market timing is the act of moving in and out of the market and switching between different segments and securities basing one’s decision in the economic data and technical indicators. Those who use this strategy are often not as profitable as those who remain invested as it is impossible to predict the movement of the market.

Market surveillance is the act of prevention and investigation of abusive behavior and manipulation of the market. It helps make sure that the market securities are traded fairly and that market as a whole is orderly. Without surveillance it would be easy to manipulate the market and simulate economic growth. That would lead to the crash of the system.

The process of holding the market includes buying a security in the times of rapid and steep falls in an attempt to hold the price for the security or to provide a necessary support level. It is banned in most markets as it is an unnatural manipulation of the market.

MSCI World (Morgan Stanley Capital International World Index) – market index that reflects the situation in the world markets. It consists of the shares of 1649 companies from all over the world. It has all of the developed countries’ stocks inside of it.

Mothballing is an attempt to save financial assets with the aim to use them later. Can also refer to an attempt to set aside an idea or an object for a later use and implementation.

Mark-to-management is valuation, assigned to the assets or securities of the company by the management of the said company. It is a practice widely used in the times of financial crisis, when market price-assignments is threatening to the securities as it can wipe millions of dollars if left alone.

A managed account is a trading account that is not managed by a trader themselves, but by a hired financial professional or money manager. For the account holder it means that his portfolio is cut out just for their needs without so many possibilities for a mistake.

Man-in-the-middle fraud is a crime where a third party that was not a part of the initial plan gets access to the sensitive data which are being stolen. This can usually happen if the said data is being transferred through the unsecured internet connection that can be easily used by the third party.

Measuring principle is a kind of technical analysis that is used to measure the future performance of the stocks and see whether the changes and movements are going to occur in the performance of the stock in the nearest time. It can allow traders to set minimum price target by weighing the movements of the stock pattern against each other.

Magnet employer is an employer with a well-known name, good salaries, benefits and so on. Employers like that drive a lot of job-seekers towards themselves as a result of all of the perks that they offer, making them look better when compared to their opponents in the job market.