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momentum definition - finance
  1. A measure of the rate of change in prices, instead of the actual price levels. Momentum is a tool used in technical analysis.
  2. The impetus of rising or falling prices.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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