While waiting for the Fed to speak, it seems almost all sectors of the marketplace were holding their collective breath. The U.S. dollar stayed extremely strong, except against the yen, which seems to have escaped gravity’s pull.

The Snowman: Given that today was a low-volume day because of the half-blizzard that toyed with new York City, there are some results we have to discount.

After showing deep declines based on fears about Greece’s elections early in the day, the euro steadied and late in the day actually is showing gains against the dollar.