Wall Street Roundup: Hedge-fund wisdom, Twitter riches

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts.

Gold: Trading now at $1,788 per ounce, up 1.7% from Monday. Dow Jones industrial average: Trading now at 11,439.38, down 0.4% from Monday.

German disappointment. Germany, until now the savior of Europe, is seeing its growth slow, pushing stocks down Tuesday morning.

Hedge-fund wisdom. The Wall Street Journal gives a review of where hedge funds have been putting their money in the recent chaos -- suffice to say there is a lot of disagreement on what constitutes a smart investment these days.

Why all the deals? The New York Times provides a look at why mergers and acquisitions seem to be taking off even amid economic turmoil.

Tax me too. Former Bear Stearns Chairman Ace Greenberg joins Warren Buffett in calling for Congress to raise taxes on the super rich.

Twitter riches. One hedge fund appears to have found a way to make winning investments based on analysis of Twitter.

-- Nathaniel Popper

Getty Images