The headlines making the news right now are focused around political unrest in the North Africa region – first Egypt, now Libya.
This has strategic implications with respect to crude oil pricing – Brent Sea crude has traded significantly higher than West Texas Intermediate, which would suggest that North American markets are somewhat more insulated from what is going on across the Atlantic Ocean.
In terms of market implications, it remains to be seen whether this geopolitical unrest is going to flare up into something bigger (and thus interfering with trade more than it has) or whether it will be a blip that will pass by – and the major indexes continue their seven-month uptrend without any significant correction.
Note that I will be taking a little break and will not be posting for the rest of the week.