a stong $...hardly....gold is being driven down by govenrments trying to save thier paper....the $ appears to be stronger then the euro...yes...but how good it that...its relatively strong compared to euro....but we keep printing and hold the % rates so low we can still afford to pay our way....sort of...the Fed now buys our dept....what assets do they have...a paper factory or maybe a printing press....it can't keep going....gold/silver is/has been the only true source of stable value