Media chatter indicates that many market participants seem not to be at all fazed by the potential for disruptions in the Middle East - just keep buying the dips! - but the VIX as a useful barometer of market sentiment sends a rather contrary message.
Security concerns and the uncertainty about the eventual outcome of the uprisings now being seen in Egypt and other states in the region are likely to produce some emotional trading activity in the weeks ahead.
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