🏛️ Shutdown, Showdown, and the Markets: How Washington Chaos Is Quietly Repricing Risk
Day 40 of the shutdown is quietly reshaping the market. Yields stay elevated, data is frozen, and money is rotating into defense, utilities, energy, and gold. Airlines enter a high-stakes window before Thanksgiving. Here’s how to position for the week ahead.
Sunday, November 9, 2025 — Day 40 of the Shutdown
The drama in D.C. isn’t just political theater — it’s quietly moving billions of dollars.
We are now 40 days into the government shutdown.
What began as a routine funding dispute has evolved into a structural macro threat — a slow-burn uncertainty event that is reshaping bond yields, sector flows, and investor behavior heading into the final stretch of 2025.
Markets don’t fear loud politics.
They fear a vacuum of clarity — and that’s exactly what Day 40 represents.
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