Tyler Crowe

Yesterday, today, we debated which one it was, but we'll just say it's today anyways.

Before we really get into a discussion, I actually want to ask both of you guys a quick question.

What was the return of the S&P 500 during the shutdown?

Just give me a number.

I would guess up less than 1%.

Well, let's split it right down the middle, because it was 2.08.

Maybe one of you would consider the win with the Dow Jones was actually a 3.91 over the 42-day span.

Now, I bring this up, and I don't want to sound tone deaf to everyone that had to go through some rough times over the past five weeks.

But the market didn't really seem to care that much.

2% is technically, if we look at long-term historical averages, that's technically better than the historical average.

Am I wrong that the market just didn't seem to care?

Again, getting back to it, this was a five-week dead zone, I guess, if you will, for a lot of economic data and things like that.

Largely, to make decisions and for us, really, to have things to talk about.

This is what someone who discusses investing topics with you guys and with the world struggles with.

The Motley Fool, among many other great investors, over time have always espoused buying and holding stocks for several years and letting the business' growth and value creation do the heavy lifting.

In this type of investing, a 42-day period,

of government shutdown doesn't really change things, as glib as I make this whole event sound.

Yet, it's something that most investors want to discuss.

It was the head of The Wall Street Journal, it was the head of Bloomberg.

Every new financial media outlet that I checked this morning,