Here's What Investors Should Do Differently During the Shutdown

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Here's What Investors Should Do Differently During the Shutdown

In this segment of The Motley Fool's financials-focused show, Where the Money Is, banking analyst David Hanson is joined by Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst Brendan Mathews to search Twitter for some hidden insights. They tell investors what they should be doing differently because of the problems in Washington.

What you really need to know
The U.S. government has piled on more than $10 trillion of new debt since 2000. Annual deficits topped $1 trillion after the financial crisis. Millions of Americans have asked: What the heck is going on?

The Motley Fool's new free report, "Everything You Need to Know About the National Debt," walks you through with step-by-step explanations about how the government spends your money, where it gets tax revenue from, the future of spending, and what a $16 trillion debt means for our future. Click here to read the full report!


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