This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy.

• John Authers (Financial Times): Financialisation genie set loose, October 7, 2009. Not long ago, there were three asset classes: stocks, bonds and cash. Some were not even sure if cash counted as an asset class. The last few decades, however, have seen the “financialization” of swathes of the world economy where prices were not previously set by markets, or at least not by markets led by the same investors who also set the prices of stocks and bonds. But financialization has led to controversy since last year’s crisis.

• Randall Forsyth (Barron’s): Away from Wall Street, credit keeps contracting, October 8, 2009. Financial markets party on Fed largesse, little of which flows to Main Street.

• Eamon Javers

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Over the last decade we have seen the explosion of the wireless market. When they were first introduced to the public, cellular phones were the size of a briefcase. Now, they are smaller than a deck of cards and can make calls, take photos, and access the internet. According to Wireless Intelligence, the GSM Association’s market intelligence unit, by 2011 there will be upwards of four billion mobile handsets worldwide. Findings indicate that an increasing number of units purchased globally will have GPS and positioning capability. GTX Corp (GTXO.OB) is in the midst of implementing an accelerated plan to capitalize on consumers’ continued interest in wireless technology.

GTX, a developer of customizable two-way Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Position Location Systems (PLS) applications, is now moving from development stage to production level. Since 2002, GTX has developed, patented, and integrated miniaturized cellular location-transmitting

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QuoteMedia has become the renowned leader in providing market coverage of all North American Exchanges and ECN’s including common stock, preferred stock, options, warrants, futures, commodities, currencies, mutual funds, rates and indices. With offices spread out across the globe, the young company is led by a team of innovative individuals.

The QuoteMedia Chairman of the Board is Robert J. Thompson. With over 40 years in the field, Thompson brings a wealth of experience to QuoteMedia. Thompson is the President of Corpus Investment Inc, which is a private holding company that manages investments in a wide range of enterprises. Thompson is a proven winner in the marketplace and has the vision needed to make Quotemedia a powerful company.

To go along with Thompson, QuoteMedia is led by R. Keith Guepa who is a Co-Founder of the company and serves as the company’s Director and President

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[“Hot Stocks” is a new Money Morning feature that analyzes the investment outlook of global companies that are in the news. This is the third installment of this new investment series.] By William Patalon III Executive Editor Money Morning/The Money Map Report In an announcement that kicks off two weeks of corporate-earnings reports that will be among the most closely watched in years, computer-chip giant Intel Corp. (INTC) yesterday (Tuesday) said that orders for super-cheap computer processors fueled a bigger-than-expected 12% jump in third-quarter profit. The company saw its shares surge in after-hours trading. The Santa Clara-based Intel – the world’s largest maker of computer chips – posted third-quarter earnings of $2.01 billion, or 35 cents a share, compared with a net profit of $1.86 billion, or 31 cents a share, for the year-earlier period. Revenue for the third quarter was $10.22 billion, ...