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MORTGAGE CORRESPONDENT

A person servicing a loan for a fee for someone else. A mortgage banker differs because the banker originates, sells, and services the mortgage loan. A mortgage broker differs by not originating

MOST FAVORED CUSTOMER

Supply contract’s price protection clause that states the seller must offer the same price to all customers including the contracting customer.

MUDARABA

Arabic-styled finance, pre-Islamic. One individual provides startup capital as the financier. Another individual will do the actual work, as the entrepreneur. Here, a single-tiered mudaraba exists. If there is a go-between negotiator,

MULTIPLE LOCATIONS FORM

A specific insurance policy type covering property and any type of assets owned by an individual at multiple locations. Goods, futures, specialized equipment, or improvements made by the owner or others are

MULTI-SKILLING

A single employee training in multiple skill-sets. A particular purpose in labor unions and their structure promotes workers with a range of skills or knowledge, These become useful on several different projects,

MUTUAL FUND SUBADVISOR

A fund manager’s hired assistant in managing investment portfolios. A sub-advisor works outside of the fund itself as a money manager. With the goal of reaching specific objectives, sub-advisors are authorized to

NARCOTIC

Trichloromethane (CHCl3) or chloroform is an example of a substance that causes narcosis.

NATIONALIZATION

A government takes over a privately owned corporation, industry, and resource, often without compensation, but sometimes with. (1) Preventing unfair exploitation and large-scale labor layoffs, (2) Distributing income from national resources fairly,

NEED TO KNOW

An entity is cautiously given specific information based on this specific type of predetermined criterion.

NEGATIVE GOODWILL

Fairly-valued assets acquired that go beyond the acquisition limit. On the balance sheet this will affect listed transactions .

NEGOTIATED MARKET

Buyers and sellers negotiate the price posted as bid and ask prices in this type of market. NASDAQ is an example. In contrast, the New York Stock Exchange and American Stock Exchange

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

a mutual fund’s single share or unit value. Calculated as: (the fund’s total assets minus the fund’s total liabilities) divided by the number of outstanding shares. Also known as Average Price.

NET FOREIGN FACTOR INCOME

A business’ or a nation’s income calculated as payments from the foreign sector to citizens minus payments to foreigners employed to provide domestic goods or services. The gross national product minus the

NET LEVEL PREMIUM

Life insurance policy’s pure cost until term-end divided by the year count in-force.

NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV)

Calculated as: investment amount minus investment’s future cash flows present value. Calculate expected cash flows Present value as: discounting future cash flows at the required return rate.

NETBOOK

A small, limited-use laptop, primarily for email and Internet access. Netbooks started to gain in popularity in 2007. Netbooks are less expensive than a regular laptop, and generally weigh only two to

NEURAL NETWORK

Artificial intelligence technique allegedly mimicking the human brain’s operation as nerves and neurons. Densely interconnected computer processors work simultaneously in parallel. A key neural networks feature is that their programming sets them

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