On the Columbus Day holiday, the dollar got shellacked… But, that’s turning around this morning, as outgoing European Central Bank (ECB) President, Trichet, brought some pain on his own currency, the euro (EUR), by saying that the “crisis has reached a systemic dimension. Sovereign stress has moved from the smaller economies to some of the [...] Currency Rally is Stopped by Slovakia Vote originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning . The Daily Reckoning provides over 400,000 readers economic news, market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas.