Weathering Government Shutdowns

With the U.S. government’s finances bumping up against the debt ceiling, I’m (not surprisingly) hearing from concerned investors on both sides of the political aisle asking what this means for our investments.

First, we’ve been here before. And it’s important to recognized that we’ve got some runway before we face the prospect of a government shutdown or default.

Still, I wanted to provide a quick look at how the market performed when the government has paused operations in the past.