Egypt's Political Unrest Should Point Investors Toward U.S. Energy Producers and Crude Oil

Egypt's Political Unrest Should Point Investors Toward U.S. Energy Producers and Crude Oil

By Jon D. Markman, Contributing Writer, Money Morning

Stocks lifted generously over the past week as investors celebrated the start of February with a bang amid cooling tempers in Egypt, guarded optimism in the halls of the U.S. Federal Reserve, stronger results among U.S. retailers and semiconductor makers, a merger in the gold mining industry and a devil-may-care attitude about the worsening of unemployment.