Show Notes
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by John Lewis from Nasdaq Dorsey Wright to discus: how the momentum factor works, why it works, how to implement it correctly and where the diversification benefits can help.
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