NEW YORK, NY – Financial markets worldwide experienced a collective exhalation this week after President Donald Trump reportedly signaled a 'possible end' to the Iran conflict, allowing commodity traders to briefly lower their blood pressure and aluminum prices to retreat from a four-year high.

The momentary dip in geopolitical anxiety sent ripples of calm through trading floors, with analysts scrambling to interpret the President's nuanced tweet, which sources confirm was entirely comprised of capital letters and exclamation points. The relief was palpable, as investors had been bracing for the inevitable economic fallout of an international incident that, until recently, seemed like a foregone conclusion.

“It’s a delicate dance,” commented market strategist Brenda Chen, from the fictional firm 'Global Panic & Associates.' “We have to constantly monitor whether the President is merely musing aloud or actively preparing to destabilize a region. Our algorithms are now 80% dedicated to parsing his social media for indicators of imminent global financial chaos, and 20% for actual market data.”

Aluminum futures, which had been soaring on the prospect of supply disruptions from the Middle East, quickly adjusted to the new, albeit temporary, reality that the world might not, in fact, be on the brink of an entirely avoidable conflict. Industry insiders noted that the market’s volatility now hinges primarily on the President’s next public utterance, or perhaps his next golf swing.

Experts warn that this period of relative calm could be short-lived, as the President is expected to wake up again at some point.