Idle Rambling, The Market -- May 6, 2019

Last week these top US economy stories:

• the most under-rated boom, expansion, economy ever; and, 
• jobs, unemployment, wages, endless rally; and,  
• best numbers ever for US Hispanics, best in decades for women; and,  
• US productivity advances at fastest rate since 2010; and, 
• private payrolls surge, blowing past estimates, biggest gain since July; and,  
• stocks are off their best four-month start in decades; and, 
• consumer spending biggest gain since 2009; and,  
• supply side of economy showing strength;

Today's swing in the market speaks volumes.

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SRE: will report before market opens tomorrow. Expectations: $1.68/share on sales of $3.1 billion. Last year: $1.43/share on sales of $3 billion. Also here, SeekingAlpha: $1.69/share.

DNR: will report in the a.m. before market opens; expectations: 9 cents/share.

FANG: reports after tomorrow's close; $1.38.

How relevant is OPEC? Headlines that all-out war in the Mideast was about to break out and oil hardly moved. Tea leaves suggest Russia will maintain reduced production or even cut a bit more.

Leaked? One has to ask why? When we "played" war games at Air War College, we "gamed" intelligence "leaks" to the press. This leak? I think it's to let Iran know that "we" know what they are "thinking." Maybe that will be enough to make them "think twice." From The WSJ this evening --

Unusually specific intelligence reports about fresh Iranian threats to American forces in the Middle East triggered a request by the U.S. military command in the region for additional assistance as a deterrent against possible aggression.

Military uniform: see this article on the new US Army uniform. This is what caught my eye:
the Army plans to roll out the new uniforms to all soldiers starting in 2020. Soldiers will even be given the option to buy a retro-styled leather bomber jacket to go with the uniform. The US Air Force did that several years ago but the jackets were only authorized for a subset of officers. It's possible the Air Force bomber/fighter jacket program has been expanded. So many great memories.

Interest rates: by the way, did you all see interest rates fell today? Exactly what Trump has been asking for .... and the Fed won't help out. More than one way to skin a cat, as they say.