The August doldrums are officially behind us. September has gone risk-on in spite of a somewhat disappointing NFP report at the beginning of the month. The biggest company in the world has just introduced the newest version of its flagship product (the iPhone 5), the European Central Bank is promising to keep the Euro intact, and Bernanke has unleashed QE3 (or QE∞, considering the open-ended nature). All in all, not a boring week, and certainly more fireworks than we’ve seen in a while, but there’s more to see as we head into the weekend: our weekend reads.

• Trying to ride the QE3 surge? It might already be too late (Wall St. Journal)
• Hedge funds pile into commodities to hit 1-year high (Reuters)
• What Germany’s ruling on the European Stability Mechanism means for the ECB (MarketWatch)
• A brief history of hedge funds: an infographic (Pertrac)
• As the ETF market grows, they’re starting to sport some esoteric strategies (CNN Money)

Just for fun:

• James Cameron answers a lingering question about the ending to Titanic (Business Insider)