The Top 10 Financial Tweets For Monday, August 12

There are millions of tweets written every day. Benzinga sifts through the maelstrom of information to find the ten best tweets of the day that are either informative, insightful, or just down right comical.

1. deltahedge

deltahedge (@minefornothing) tweeted sarcastically about the building permits data released in Greece overnight.

2. Joe Weisenthal

Business Insider's Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) tweeted about his experience with Google's GOOG Glasses.

3. Jeremy Olshan

Jeremy Olshan (@jolshan), personal finance editor at the Wall Street Journal Digital Network and Marketwatch, tweeted an article about Facebook FB. Specifically, he focuses on the next great thing that people could be sharing on the social network.

4. Jamie McGeever

Reuters' Jamie McGeever (@ReutersJamie) tweeted some comments from J.P. Morgan JPM on the great rotation.

5. Ashraf Laidi

Ashraf Laidi of FX Solutions (@alaidi) tweeted an interesting fact that shows the decline in the market's perception of sovereign risk in Europe.

6. Guy Johnson

Bloomberg's Guy Johnson (@GuyJohnsonTV) tweeted something that all traders should note; that this week is going to be very quiet.

7. Alberto Nardelli

Electionista's Alberto Nardelli (@AlbertoNardelli) tweeted an interesting fact this morning. Despite those who may think of Germany as Europe's economic engine, many of its working-class people are still struggling.

8. Nigam Arora

Nigam Arora (@TheAroraReport) tweeted out this morning, noting that Gold GLD was rallying on better consumption data from China.

9. Michael A. Gayed, CFA

Michael A. Gayed (@pensionpartners) tweeted this morning about the slowdown in emerging markets, albeit semi-sarcastically.

10. Jim Tankersley

Jim Tankersley (@jimtankersley) of the Washington Post tweeted out an interesting article this morning. It seems best to let the article speak for itself...