Overall Market Backdrop, November

• Equities once again fell victim to a new Covid variant; Omicron caused increased fears in investors and many of the gains made by equity markets at the beginning of the month were wiped out.
• As anticipated, investor fears dripped over to the bond sector and many of the yields decreased as government bonds rallied for the month.
• The re-emergence of heightened fear caused the Minimum Volatility and Quality factor to kick into overdrive and be the top two performing factors for the month.

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