RE:US govt shutdown may happenMouserman...
As far as I am concerned the shutdown is all but certain. As mathematicians would say...."There is no unique solution to the problem". Trump wants a debt ceiling limit increase and there are too many Republicans totally against that (they pushed out McCarthy for a lot less). The Dems think they are on the side of the angels and won't vote for anything different from the 1541 page POS that was on the table. The deadline is midnight tomorow.
As far as the stock market is concerned, the "Grownups" will shake the tree to get some things on sale but in reality, business is quite happy with a shutdown since it means that politicians won't be screwing things up and they are happy with the way things are right now.
When Trump gets in, business will get what they want (deregulation) through Executive Orders and don't need Congress to get in the way. DOGE will also do its thing without interference from Congress.
Plus.....the smart people are asking the question ...."what has Congress been doing for the last 8 years besides investigating/impeaching Trump and stoking inflation with multi trillion dollar pork barrel legislation?".