Gold rose above $942 per ounce on Monday, strengthening as the dollar turned lower against six major currencies with slight caution toward riskier assets also proving supportive.

MF Cuts Global Outlook; Brazil Hedge Fund Sells Banks, Homebuilders; February Home Prices Up 0.7%; Home Prices in Dubai Could Fall 70%; Apple Tops Forecasts; Feds Search Siemens’ Offices; Freddie Mac CFO Found Dead; E-Bay Beats Street

U.S. oil price rises above $36… UAE follows OPEC deals with Jan, Feb cuts… Expectations of slowing energy demand weigh

With the market the way it is today, you can’t help but look for an investment, any investment, that might react differently than everything else. These kind of investments are “non-correlated” because they move independently of the overall market. But they can be tricky to locate, and even harder to trust.

Gas prices hit another record high. Soaring food prices ignite riots the world over. It should come as no surprise that a 71% increase in food prices since 2006 has the good citizens of South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Ethiopia, Bangladesh and Mozambique up in arms.

In the energy market Thursday, crude for July delivery retreated, closing at $126.62/barrel, down $4.41. June reformulated gasoline lost 5 cents, to $3.40/gallon.

Could someone notify our clueless congresscritters? Fresh data from the U.S. Department of Energy show the amount of petroleum products shipped by the world’s top oil exporters fell 2.5% last year, despite a 57% increase in prices, a trend that appears to be holding true this year as well.

Exxon Mobil’s Profit Geyser; General Motors Cleans Up Its Act; Home Depot Boards Up 15 Stores; New $60 Billion City in U.A.E. Planned; Wheat Hits Five-Month Low; Brit Firm’s Silicone Valley Buy; Burger King’s “Whopper” Quarter; PharmaNet Plunges on Canceled Contracts.

When flocks of tourists gaze from the top of the world’s tallest building – the colossal Burj Dubai, slated to be completed in 2009 – they’ll see a swath of construction cranes dotting the skyline and dozens of tankers awaiting arrival/departure from the world’s largest man-made harbor.