PERSONAL FINANCE GLOSSARY

Management Fee

Mandatory Distribution Age

Margin

Market Cap

Market Order

Market Risk

Market Timing

Maturity

Maximum Issue Age

Medical Examination

Medicare

Medigap

Message

Micro-Cap Stock

Mid-Cap Stock

Minimum Draw

Minimum Guaranteed Interest Rate

Misrepresentation

Modified Endowment Contract (MEC)

Momentum

Money Market

Money Market Funds

Money Supply

Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia, Far East Index

Mortality Charge

Mortgage

Mortgage Insurance

Mortgage-Backed Securities

Moving Average

Municipal Bond

Mutual Fund

A moving average is an average of a security's price over a specific time period. The average changes, for example, on a 30-day moving average, so that it includes the most current 30 trading days. Moving averages often indicate levels of support or resistance for a security.

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