Similar to a real estate investment trust (REIT), except MLPs are not limited to a specific industry compared to REITs which must invest in real estate. Both types trade like stocks on the New York Stock Exchange, and both types must distribute most of their earnings in the form of dividends.
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Material Change
A change in an issuer’s affairs that could have a significant effect on the market value of its securities, such as a change in the nature of the business or control of the issuer. Under the principle of continuous disclosure, a listed issuer must issue a news release and report to the applicable self-regulatory organization as soon as a material change occurs.
Median Market Cap
The average market capitalization of stocks owned by a mutual fund.
Member
See Participating Organizations (POs) and Members
Message Board
A location on a Web site dedicated to the discussion of a particular topic, usually a single stock or industry sector. Discussions are not real-time. Someone posts a message, and then others respond over a period of hours or days.
Mid-Cap
Company with market capitalization between $2 billion and $7 billion.
Minimum Fill Order
A special term order with a minimum fill condition will only begin to trade if its first fill has the required minimum number of shares. For example, an order to buy 5,000 shares with a minimum volume of 2,000 shares can only trade if 2,000 or more shares become available.
Minimum Guaranteed Fill (MGF) Orders
These orders are guaranteed a complete fill upon entry. A Registered Trader will provide the stock should the book be below the required limit. To be eligible for MGF, an order has to be a tradable client order with a volume less than or equal to the MGF size, which varies from stock to stock.
Mixed Lot or Broken Lot
An order with a volume that combines any number of board lots and an odd lot.
Model
A strategy for selecting stocks using screening criteria that have been found to work in the past.