Mortgage bonds are again in the red this morning after seeing black for a short period of time. The good news is that we have not seen a major shift in the bond market and overall the movement has been sideways with a slight tilt to moving lower. Bad news on jobs front though, as Home Depot announced it will be cutting around 7000 jobs and Caterpiller will be cutting around 20,000 jobs. This seems to be the trend of the New Year, trim as much as possible to keep earnings up, and that trimming seems to be in the form of fewer employees. In a somewhat surprising turn of events, Existing Home sales increased and surpassed expectations, probably due to the low rates and low prices. Lastly, the Fed meets this week where they can’t really cut rates because we are down to nothing there, but as always, the commentary coming out of the meeting will be the most important.