What is factor investing? Commodity-linked factor portfolios gained traction recently, with energy momentum spiking as WTI crude breached $80/barrel, creating sector-led inflation hedges. Finally, a fun finding I thought I’d add is that QARP has a 60% overlap to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway’s stock holdings (of course a large amount of it is AAPL), but for a fellow investment manager based in Omaha, that was a fun finding! 4 https://www.msci.com/research-and-insights/blog-post/what-is-factor-investing What is factor investing? It’s a portfolio strategy targeting specific drivers of returns such as value, momentum, size, and quality. Recent S&P 500 data shows momentum factors outperforming year-to-date, up 7.4% versus value at 3.2%, hinting at trend-following opportunities in tech-heavy sectors.