Further, individually rational momentum-trading strategies can exploit and even exacerbate this trend, potentially pushing equity prices past levels justified by the new fundamentals.

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There is rational performance-related justification for this increase but the Court of Public Opinion may still adjudge the upward trend as a defiance of marketplace preference and ongoing scrutiny of executive pay.

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