While the comments from Fed officials suggest they are close to finishing, the Fed may still have a few bullets left in its gun. Traders aren't willing yet to dump dollars.

There is some speculation the Fed is closer to halting its tightening cycle.

It seems as though the whole dynamic is based on safe-haven flows. It starts to give pause to what's going on there. It brings the news closer to home.

I think the predominant focus was on the fall in the Nikkei, and the sharp drop in the Nikkei took the yen down, ... And I think the yen generally brought the rest of the market down with it.

Apple true believers are going to hammer this a thousand different ways on the details, but it caught the essence of Jobs and Gates,

The media dubbed me Dirty Harry, for my antics, I guess, if you will,