American Axle & Manufacturing shares ride a Barclays Capital upgrade to a 24% gain on Friday -- just another ho-hum rally in a sector that has been scorching hot this year.

After surging 40% this year, investors think junk bonds' advance should continue - but at a slower pace.

At last we’ve made it to Friday.Which brings us to our first ever installment of Jeff Macke’s Lesson of the Week.Join Jeff as he dishes out his thoughts on American Axle (AXL) and how to trade the tape that seems to make no sense whatsoever.

Hello eh from New York where despite belt-and-suspenders levels of caution I managed to catch a nasty case of Canadian-ism on my fishing trip. As it turns out all Canadians wear belts and suspenders. Having been mistaken for a local I was introduced to the joys of drinking and fishing from dawn until after dusk and speaking in casual stereotypes regarding the “Natives” without openly cringing. In other words soaking up the Freedoms of knowing the government had sucked up my reason for caring about much of anything. Then our President who specializes in keeping trader-types and “rich” people ...

Among the stocks expected to see active trading Wednesday are the miners as well as Adidas, Boyd Gaming, Citi, Dean Foods, R.R. Donnelley, Garmin, International Flavors, Kraft, Nikon, P&G and Swatch.

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

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