The 10 Best Financial Tweets For Thursday, July 25

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. Carl Icahn

Carl Icahn (@Carl_C_Icahn) took to Twitter to tweet his displeasure with the Dell DELL board, specifically Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners. Icahn is for control of the company.

 

 

2. Phil LeBeau

CNBC's Phil LeBeau (@Lebeaucarners) took to Twitter following General Motors' GM earnings release Thursday morning. He noted that for both GM and Ford F, European losses narrowed significantly last quarter, a key sign that the weakest of the big three's regional markets showed signs of improvement last quarter.

 

 

Related: Facebook Soars on Q2 Financial Results.

3. Downtown Josh Brown

Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) took to Twitter to share an article from Fortune magazine about the lack of information that investors have access to relating to the bond market. The article is a must read for fixed income investors.

 

 

4. Barron's Online

Barron's Online (@barronsonline) tweeted an article from the Wall Street Journal. The article highlights that investors who are selling bonds and bond funds are reticent to invest into stocks and are piling more money into low-yield money market funds.

 

 

5. Holger Zschaepitz

Senior editor of the financial and economic desk at Die Welt Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) tweeted a Bloomberg article that highlighted an interesting investment that was recently made by Blackstone BX.

 

 

6. Kathimerini English

The English-language site of Greek news outlet Khathimerini (@ekathimerini) tweeted one of its articles that highlights an interesting and somewhat depressing fact of the latest bailout talks in Greece. They note that nearly half of Greece's next bailout payment will go directly back to its lenders that have forced the bailout on the country.

 

 

7. Lawrence McDonald

Lawrence McDonald (@Convertbond) of LGM Group tweeted an interesting fact about corporate profits. Specifically, he highlights an interesting effect of lower interest rates and Federal Reserve easing on profits of S&P 500 companies.

 

 

8. Charles Rotblut, CFA

Charles Rotblut (@charlesrotblut), Vice President at the American Association of Individual Investors, tweeted the latest AAII Sentiment Survey. He notes that the survey shows that investors are bullish but not unusually so.

 

 

9. Platts Oil

Platts Oil (@PlattsOil) tweeted a recent data point released by the IEA. The IEA expects the world energy market to grow strongly over the next three decades.

 

 

10. IMF

The International Monetary Fund (@IMFNews) tweeted a press release that the economic think tank issued this morning. They made several recommendations for the eurozone policy makers in order for the region to revive growth and boost jobs.

 

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