One of Wall Street's most important profit engines, bond trading, is making a comeback. - WSJ

Fed leaves investors twisting with risk - Ahead of the Tape

FOMC meeting: To be filed under events notably lacking in eventfulness. - FT Alphaville

MF Global: Will good news be bad news? - Ritholtz

Billy Blanton went from gridiron to wirehouse; now he's going solo - Investment News (hat tip Josh Brown)

Earnings forecasts take a bullish turn - FT

U.S., EU and Japan plan to ask World Trade Organization to press China to ease its stranglehold on rare-earth minerals - WSJ