Pretext The recent concern over the threat of another government shutdown related to the Border all resolution deadline this past Friday (Feb 15th) motivated me to look into the effects of past government shutdowns on the markets. As many are aware, the recent 2018-2019 governmental shutdown was the longest in history, spanning from December 22nd 2018 to January 25th 2019, running for 35 consecutive days. As pretext, this government shutdown resulted directly from Congress and […]