allison dean's partner at varek asset management has some answer. thank you so much for joining us. greece is a tiny country, but this is having ripple effects throughout the country and indeed the world. why is it having that financial impact? >> because a lot of institutions have funds connected to the banks in greece and the companies in greece. and those banks then do their borrowing in money market funds and things along those lines if there is a downgrade in greece or they default on their debt, it could impact funds in the u.s. there is a tangle web of financials similar to what happened with lehman brothers. >> exactly. a lot of people are bringing up the lehman brothers example. we in danger of a lehman-like event, or is that overblown? >> my sense is it's overblown because lehman happened. and a lot of people have learned from that. while it does seem every year around this time everybody becomes concerned about greece, i think that ultimately the eu, and i think other monetary authorities will step in to prevent there being a default. you see right now that looks as if eu