Part 1 of 2: Companies with a reactive risk management program may be caught out when commodity prices become volatile.

"Investors still have faith that the dollar itself, regardless of the state of the actual government, will continue to be the global currency of choice and keep value in a fraught political situation."

About 300,000 employees sued FBG for mismanaging their benefit plans by collecting "ill-gotten profits" from their retirement, health, and fringe-benefits plans.

The six biggest U.S. banks could borrow $21 billion to $24 billion after they post results in the coming week.