41.   The dollar pared some of its gains amid concern that a drop in stocks would prompt non-U.S. investors to sell shares and convert their dollars into other currencies.

42.   The Japanese, once enthusiastic investors in America, are trying to liquidate holdings and convert their dollars to yen, to rescue a struggling economy back home.

43.   The stock and bond sales pressured the dollar, because foreign investors selling U.S. assets may convert the dollars they receive into other currencies.

44.   The strong yen hurts Japanese exporters by eroding their earnings when dollars are converted into yen.

45.   The stronger dollar has allowed foreign auto makers to charge less for their cars and still convert the dollars into as much or more money in their home currencies.

46.   They come for a variety of reasons, including the spending power gained after dollars have been converted to rupees, the currency of India.

47.   They also lose more money because those companies offer less-favorable exchange rates than banks to convert dollars to pesos.

48.   This process helps the U.S. currency because traders often sell yen for dollars first before converting the dollars into Australian dollars.

49.   Traders often use the dollar as an intermediary currency to sell marks for yen -- selling marks for dollars and then converting the dollars into yen.

50.   To change yen to marks, traders first buy dollars, and then convert the dollars to marks.