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Mean




Mean

The expected value of a random variable. Arithmetic average of a sample.

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Value
The worth or desirability of something expressed as an amount of money.

Variable
A quantity that is liable to change; the adjective describing such a quantity.

Average
An institution or person who gives the aval.



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MBS servicing
The requirement that the mortgage servicer maintain payment of the full amount of contractually due principal and interest payments whether or not actually collected.

McClellan oscillator
A market breadth indicator that is based on the difference between the number of advancing and declining issues on the NYSE.

McClellan summation index
The McClellan Summation Index is a long-term version of the McClellan Oscillator.

McFadden Act
In the USA, restricts commercial banks to operating in only one state.

Meals and entertainment expense
A tax deduction allowed for meals and entertainment expenses incurred in the course of business.

Mean

Mean return
1) In securities analysis, it is the expected value, or mean, of all the likely returns of investments comprising a portfolio. 2) In capital budgeting, it is the mean value of the probability distribution of possible returns.

Mean reversion
A strategy that involves purchasing an underperforming stock or another type of security and holding the position until the market rebounds.

Means test
An appraisal of a person's income and assets to establish if he or she qualifies for state benefits.

Measurement error
Errors in measuring an explanatory variable in a regression, which leads to biases in estimated parameters.

Mechanical investing
Buying and selling stocks according to a screen based on predetermined criteria, usually ranking stocks using relative strength or momentum as the central indicator, but other indicators can also be used.

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