Loan Dictionary - MA group - Margin Of Profit, Margin Of Safety, Margin Requirement, Margin Requirement (options), Margin Security, Margin Stock, Margin Trading, Marginal, Marginal Cost, Marginal Efficiency Of Capital

Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

MARGIN OF PROFIT - Gross profit divided by net sales. Used to measure a firm's operating efficiency and...
MARGIN OF SAFETY - With respect to working capital management, the difference between (1) the amount of...
MARGIN REQUIREMENT - The margin requirement is the minimum amount the Federal Reserve Board, in Regulat...
MARGIN REQUIREMENT (OPTIONS) - The amount of cash an uncovered (naked) option writer is required to dep...
MARGIN SECURITY - A security that may be bought or sold in a margin account as defined in Regulation T.
MARGIN STOCK - A term defined by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Regulations T and U. Any sto...
MARGIN TRADING - Buying securities, in part, with borrowed money.
MARGINAL - just barely adequate or within a lower limit.
MARGINAL COST - a calculation showing the change in total cost as a result of a change in volume, e.g. ...
MARGINAL EFFICIENCY OF CAPITAL - The percentage yield earned on an additional unit of capital.