Oil rised above US$100 per barrel.
Gold and silver rallied.
Stocks markets cannot find their footing, volatility is rife.
Investors must be edgy about the recent Libya unrest which seems to worsen everyday. The unrest in Middle East seems to hit a tipping point where it saw a successful protest in Egypt, forcing Hosni Mubarak to give up his throne after 30 years. The success has inspired neighbouring countries to catch the protest fever, to demonstrate their years of displeasure about the slow progress of their nations, and the incompetency of their rulers.
Let’s start with Egypt, since they started it (protest). Their main economic drivers are agriculture (wheat and corn), industrial (automobiles, chemicals, consumer electronics, steel, textiles, clothing, construction) and services (banking, communications, transport, tourism). Egypt exports mainly to United States (9.7%) and Italy (9.5%). For imports, main partners are United States (11.7%) and China (9....
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