09 May 2013

Linkfest: Performance skeletons stay in closet at hedge fund ball; Canada concerns; Wall Street fights, hires pols; Bernanke haters

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Linkfest.com finds today’s top headlines by following the best ‘curators’ on the Web and on Twitter, and by your votes and social media shares – pick the most important stories you think should appear by voting here.

1. SkyBridge’s Scaramucci Plays Host in Las Vegas
New York Times
shared by @kevinroose, @footnoted, @ObsoleteDogma, @ReformedBroker, @nasiripour and 2 more

2. In Sin City, Paulson glosses over his losses: sources
Reuters
shared by @hedge_funds, NYT Dealbook, @volatilitysmile, @Alea_, @petereavis

3. Eisman, who bet against U.S. housing, worries about Canada
Globe & Mail
shared by @GZuckerman, @volatilitysmile, @NicTrades, Reformed Broker

4. Bundesbank Head Weidmann Criticizes French Deficit Reduction Plans
Der Spiegel
shared by @EconBrothers, @Alea_, @LorcanRK, @Pawelmorski

5. Fannie Mae to Send $59.4 Billion to U.S. Treasury
Wall Street Journal
shared by @edwardnh, @nasiripour

6. Steinmetz $9 Billion Fortune at Risk in Soros-Funded Bribe Probe
Bloomberg
shared by @JohnLothian, Reformed Broker

7. Big Banks Push Back Against Tighter Rules
Wall Street Journal
shared by @LaurenLaCapra, NYT Dealbook, @MattGoldstein26, Naked Capitalism and 3 more

8. Wall Street hires Washington – Ben White
Politico
shared by @edwardnh, @maxabelson, @nancefinance, @JamesGRickards

9. Junk bonds now yield less than Treasurys did 6 years ago – The Tell
MarketWatch
shared by NYT Dealbook, @crampell, @BarbarianCap, @markgongloff, @tylercowen and 4 more

10. Why Old Hedge Fund Managers Hate Bernanke
Business Insider
shared by @LaurenLaCapra, @eisingerj, @mark_dow, @ReformedBroker, @ericjackson, @TheArmoTrader

11. (bonus) Everyone Who Started Watching ‘Mad Money’ In 2005 Now Billionaires
theonion.com
shared by @TheStalwart, @ritholtz, @StreetEYE, @finansakrobat, @footnoted and 4 more

Tags: Bernanke, Canada, Cramer, Hedge Funds, Junk Bonds, Paulson, regulators, SALT conference, Scaramucci, Soros

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About the Author(s)

Druce Vertes, CFA

Druce Vertes, CFA, is the founder of StreetEYE, a social news aggregator for financial market news. He previously worked as an analyst, consultant, and IT manager at several major sell-side firms and hedge funds.