. ♪ betty: good afternoon, i am betty lou here with alix steel. ix: let's go right to the markets right now. you're seeing a little bit of a deterioration in the stocks. the nasdaq is up. betty: we are off the highs. alix: yeah, we are off the highs. this is the last day of july, so you could see some rebounding going on, and that totally caught me off guard in that respect. betty: it did, and is could be a sign of a top august. lowerthe s&p is at 13.5% than this time last year, and most people trade and they go to the beach. betty: go to the beach. plus, it is a friday. energy stocks i know have been hammered, in fact, hammered today quite a bit. the earnings you got from was lower, buton for a midday hit, we spiked up a little bit. alix: definitely the biggest loser of the day in terms of the s&p. but take a look inside my terminal and it tells a very interesting story as we look at the dollar index. there is a big dip down there lowest wagews the growth ever on a record, at least in the last 35 years. the dollar took a take a leg down. is relati

. ♪ betty: good afternoon, i am betty lou here with alix steel. go right to the markets right now. you're seeing a little bit of a deterioration in the stocks. the nasdaq is up. betty: we are off the highs. alix: yeah, we are off the highs. this is the last day of july, so you could see some rebounding going on, and that totally caught me off guard in that respect. betty: