As seen from the table, the first week of November has given back much of the equity market’s October gains (all in the case of the small cap Russell 2000) causing investors to wonder if this is the beginning of a long overdue correction, or something more insidious, such as the anticipation of an oncoming Recession (the incoming macroeconomic data have shown economic softness). Perhaps the now record length of the government shutdown played a role. The consolidated reporting charts are for informational pu ...