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    Momentum Factor

    A style tilt that favors stocks that have outperformed recently, on the idea that winners keep winning over the medium term.

    Typically measured as 12-month return excluding the most recent month. Documented by Jegadeesh and Titman (1993) and persistent across global markets.

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