Now look at the year's chart. That $1.48 was great, but it was probably due to the scare over the creditworthiness of the US - and now that that crisis is past

Now look at the year's chart. That $1.48 was great, but it was probably due to the scare over the creditworthiness of the US - and now that that crisis is past, we're heading back to roughly where the Euro/dollar ratio has been for a couple of years now. I get paid mostly in Euros, and my debts are all in dollars. That makes me emotionally invested, too, but it also means I know what the Euro/dollar ratio is doing all too well.