News Summary

• The U.S. government’s latest shutdown can’t stop the stock market, what can?
• Stock prices keep rising, even as the shutdown delays important economic reports that usually steer trading.
• The Russell 2000 index of smaller stocks has set a record after taking nearly four years to get back to its prior all-time high.
• One measure popularized by Nobel-winning economist Robert Shiller, which looks at profits over the preceding 10 years, shows the S&P 500 near its most expensive level since the 2000 dot-com bubble.