The hedge-fund firm that made billions of dollars betting against subprime-mortgage securities, is starting a gold fund, tapping into investor concern about a weak U.S. dollar and inflation.

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Monday’s session are the European banks as well as CIT, CNA, Dean Foods, Encore Acquisition, Ford, Humana, Loews, Nice, Terra and U.S. Bancorp.

A roundup of the latest corporate earnings reports and what companies are saying about future quarters.

Ninth Inning Extra Innings or Game Over?As the stock market enters the second week of its most famous month of the year one has to wonder if we’re in the last inning of the game for this powerful market rally. The S&P 500 and NASDAQ have had a spectacular run since the March 2009 lows so it would be natural -- and even healthy -- for the market to pause and have a 5-7% correction.However the stock market has decoupled from economic realities so all market bears must beware that it could very well go into extra innings before ...

“All last week the buzz was in the air... gold is sticking above $1 000!” (See Five Gold Stocks to Follow.) That was my introductory sentence on September 14 when I introduced you to the following five mining stocks that should profit from the run in gold prices. Since that article only one of the stocks highlighted has broken out to new highs. The other four merit a second look to see if they can offer the trader a second opportunity to turn green into gold. Caveat number one from me: I tend to shy away from stocks that ...

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NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by TheFortuneFinancial.com.