jim richter of performance trust has his eyes on the bond market for us today. good morning. is the bond market on edge over this government shutdown? or is it not that big of a deal. > >good morning angie. i would say it's not that big of a deal. over the last week or so since the shutdown, bonds have rallied a little bit over the course of the last week but for the most part there has not been a whole lot of volatility in the bond market. > >what would you say about bond inflows and outflows. are people seeking any kind of safe haven with the bond market? > >i would say yes and no. since the beginning of 2013, we have seen a pretty significant exodus in municipal bond funds this year and a lot of that coming in august and september. but overall, fixed income bond funds have only had a little bit of withdrawals when you add in the taxable bonds how well they've done. > >we start off a new round of earnings today. are you set for that with trading? how will it effect the bond market and the stock market? > >that's an interesting question angie. if you take a look at the begin