Conservation of momentum explains why a gun or cannon recoils backwards when it is fired. When a cannon is fired, the cannon ball gains forward momentum and the cannon gains backward momentum.

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However, it is also important to understand how the earnings have performed over a period of time, which can be determined by earnings momentum. Earnings momentum highlights trends in a company's ...