If you're worried about how your investments will fare during a government shutdown, you shouldn't be, at least if you're in your portfolio for the long haul.

But that doesn't mean that even investors who don't invest specifically in potentially affected companies or sectors that rely on government revenue like IT, aerospace, and defense won't feel ripple effects in the short-term. The Office of Management and Budget reported the government shutdown of 2013 slowed overall economic growth by 0.4 percent during the fourth quarter of the year.

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