Stocks popped and flopped today, but managed to claw back some of their intraday losses.

The metals and miners were mugged again, all in the scheme of things, customary for a stock option expiration week.

The Dollar gained marginally.

The FOMC minutes cheered the risk markets for a short time today, with the lack of hawkish unanimity among the participants.

RIP Wolfgang Petersen, director of the classic war movie Das Boot. 

Perhaps we can look forward to a real-life financial version of this, Das Fed.

Have a pleasant evening.

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