right now, no quiz needed for michael purves, who has nailed the renewed dollar strength. about this with our single best chart. is it about dollar strength or about a currency board? michael: it is a little bit of both, i think. now, welates to markets talk about dollar strength, but what strength? is it with the euro? the euro is a little bit weaker, but not dramatically so. i am concerned with the em fx currencies, particularly with china and the asian currencies. tom: within the asian currencies, they are joined by a weaker sterling. bring up the sterling chart. i don't think anybody expected this. 2.10, then we come down and roll over again. why is sterling joining the rest,-- the euro and the being weaker versus the dollar? michael: i am not going to opine too much on the fundamentals of they are aonomy, but much more open economy than the united states. in certain respects, everyone is vulnerable to this sort of issue that we are seeing from china and the eurozone. tradingand the euro is .6% lower today, too. michael: there are a lot of things hovering over there. t