31.   A stronger yen often hurts Japanese stocks by making Japanese exports more expensive abroad.

32.   A stronger yen could hurt Japanese stocks by making their products more expensive abroad.

33.   A weaker dollar hurt dollar earners such as Solvay SA while falling bonds hurt financial stocks such as Fortis AG.

34.   A weaker peso hurts Mexican stocks by lowering their dollar value.

35.   But a rise in interest rates hurt cyclical stocks, and the blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average closed lower.

36.   But a rise in interest rates hurt cyclical stocks, and the blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average closed lower on the day.

37.   But it would also weaken corporate profits and thus hurt stocks, at least for the short run, as well as raise the specter of a recession.

38.   But it should hurt technology stocks more than others, because so many of them are valued at extremely high levels relative to their current earnings.

39.   But it would also weaken corporate profits and thus hurt stocks, at least for the short run.

40.   But the Federal Reserve may still raise interest rates, which would weaken corporate profits and hurt stocks.