A provision of federal estate tax law that, in the event of a spouse's death, allows the transfer of an unlimited amount of assets to the surviving spouse without incurring estate tax. A determination of a company's value, calculated by multiplying the total number of company stock shares outstanding by the price per share. Also called capitalization. A relatively short-term drop in stock market prices, generally viewed as bringing overpriced stocks back to a level closer to companies' actual values. An order to buy or sell immediately at the best available price.
Most orders executed on the exchanges are market orders.
The possibility that stock or bond prices overall will decline over short or even extended periods. Stock and bond markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising prices and periods of falling prices. An investment strategy based on predicting market trends. The goal is to anticipate trends, buying before the market goes up and selling before the market goes down. The date when the issuer of a money market instrument or bond agrees to repay the principal, or face value, to the buyer.