Definition from http://en.mimi.hu/
“The value given to a share in the marketplace. In other words, the current quoted price of a share of stock.”
Market value is the value anyone would accept base on a reference that anyone would acknowledge. For the purpose of stock valuation market value is the last traded price in any stock market.
source: http://www.worldcorrespondents.com/
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Louis Delos Angeles is a Certified Public Accountant, blogger behind Investing in Philippines, and author of Investing in Stocks: Preparing for the future small amount at a time. Learn more about Louis and his financial freedom advocacy here.