Month: October 2013

So This Is The Can…Down The Road

In our January, 2013 Riggs’ Report, we discussed the fiscal cliff and debt ceiling negotiations at length. So here we are nine months later, in the midst of a government shutdown surrounded by rancorous debate on both sides of the aisle and the investment markets getting increasingly frustrated with the lack of leadership and governance at the federal level.  But this is not new territory for our country.  In fact, over the past 32 years, Congress has only passed the …