Is momentum really momentum?

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 429-453

  Novy Marx, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor models; Momentum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855484884     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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