I am pleasantly surprised to see a normal – – boring, even – – number come out of the BLS. What a non-event, huh? I was worried they’d claim 3 million jobs were added and the unemployment rate was negative 2%. So at least we have that out of the way (although the news that the US government is warning of Al Qaeda attacks here on US soil next week is, umm, troubling).

Crude oil, the one market I was too stupid to realize Yellen has no vested interest in manipulating, continues to absolutely plunge, to the delight of my energy shorts. Keep it comin’.