This week is shaping up to be another active one on the bailout-and-financing front. First and foremost, Congress returns to work this week to consider a once-unthinkable proposal: Put up billions in taxpayer-backed loans so that Detroit’s “Big Three” can be saved. Expect a fight, however, as the bailout debate finally moves past banks to focus on General Motors Corp. (GM), Ford Motor Co. (F), and Chrysler Corp.

Investors are human. They make mistakes. That is why hedging is so important, says Alexander Green. He says there are plenty of stock bargains out there right now, but most people are too scared to enter the market. Alex recommends using trailing stops to limit downside risk on these 13 cash-rich companies.

While investors remain extremely concerned about the volatility of the U.S. stock market, the weakness of the American economy and the uncertainty of the global financial markets, last week brought “slight” relief from the excessive panic of the eight-trading-session losing streak.

Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD) will spin off its computer chip plants and receive a cash infusion of as much as $8.4 billion from an Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund. Will it help the chipmaker compete with Intel (NYSE:INTC)? Or will it leave it more vulnerable to a price war with its rival?

Baltimore will officially be a wireless city from tomorrow. If the trial is successful, the new WiMax technology could be rolled out across the entire nation.

This would make investors in Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR) a lot of money, says Andrew Snyder. The company is in partnership with Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) to develop the project, which has financial backing from several major internet companies.

Andrew says investors should be ready for CLWR to soar if the Baltimore experiment is a success.

The US dollar index has jumped 10% since early July.

This has had a negative effect on commodity prices. It has also brought considerable relief to consumers in the form of lower gas prices.

However, US exporters have watched their products become 10% more expensive in just two months.

Andrew Gordon says shorting US stocks with a heavy reliance on overseas sales is a great way to profit from US dollar strength. He lists the ten companies most vulnerable to further gains in the buck.

Tuesday morning I received an email from one of financial publishing’s legends. It said, “Market crashing! Last chance for today’s flash alert!” The email came at 10:00 AM, and I didn’t open it until 10:20, minutes before I go into lock down… my four-hour communications blackout during which I write – nothing else. Of course, “Market Crashing!” is an inflammatory subject line.

Much has been written about the new drive by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to eliminate naked short selling of stocks. (Read the Mogambo Guru scathing criticism here.)

Rick Pendergraft in Investor’s Daily Edge has no problem in principle with the clamp down on naked shorting. But it may create more problems than it solves.

If hedge funds and brokerages suddenly have to settle all unsettled short sells, they will have to sell assets to cover their naked shorts. Blue chips with high institutional ownership are most vulnerable…

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• Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) yesterday (Thursday) offered $4.5 billion in cash for biotechnology company ImClone Systems Inc. (IMCL), the Associated Press reported. ImClone’s board has yet to comment on the proposal, which offers its stockholders $60 per share, a 30% premium to its Wednesday closing price of $46.44. Bristol-Myers already owns about 17% of ImClone.

• Eastman Kodak Co. (EK) said yesterday (Thursday) that second-quarter profit fell, as traditional film-based revenue slumped 14% to $847 million. Sales climbed 1% from $2.47 billion to $2.49 billion, and revenue from digital businesses rose 10%…

Thanks to soaring worldwide demand for PC chips, Intel Corp. (INTC) late yesterday (Tuesday) reported a 25% jump in second-quarter profits and provided a forecast for sales that exceeded analyst estimates.