Sentences with mark-to-market
mark-to-mar·ket
M m - Mark-to-market accounting meant that banks were valuing illiquid assets at prices which reflected a lack of buyers as much as underlying credit quality.There is fierce criticism against mark-to-market accounting, which forces banks to value assets at the estimated price they would fetch if sold now, rather than at historical cost.Mark-to-market is the process of adjusting the value of an asset on the balance sheet to reflect the current market price, instead of the historical cost.