The Egyptian stock market continues to be a very interesting
market to watch.  All year it's served as kind of an extreme,
early warning signal for global risk appetite.  In the early
days of the year, it surged like crazy, signaling the blistering
Q1 that the rest of the world would see.  Then it started
falling sharply in early March, right around the time various
European markets started getting weak, and a couple weeks before
the US rally stalled out.  So it's worth keeping an eye on it
(which you can do easily at It's also nice because it trades on
the weekends, giving market junkies something to watch on what
are normally quiet days off.  Anyway, it's surging today,
rallying 2%.