No Non-Cents Blog

Ah, the government shutdown—a phrase that can send shivers down the spine of even the most seasoned investor. It conjures images of furloughed employees, empty offices, and Washington, D.C., in a state of frozen chaos. But before you start envisioning your 401(k) being eaten by a giant bureaucratic monster, take a deep breath. A government shutdown is rarely the financial apocalypse it’s often made out to be. Let’s take a light-hearted stroll through what a shutdown really me

The stand-off between the White House and Congress about the amount of debt the U.S. owes and how it will be paid off is a current hot...