Here are seven (or so) links at 7AM Eastern.  We will see you later with the daily linkfest.  Good luck out there.

Markets

Where’s the value premium?  (Crossing Wall Street also WSJ)

The so-called ‘Twitter hedge fund” is no more.  (FT)

Can you be a ‘failed trader‘ if you haven’t really tried?  (SMB Training)

Facebook

Why no CEO, including Mark Zuckerberg, wants to have their stock drop post-IPO.  (Felix Salmon also Pando Daily)

Some funds were able to short Facebook ($FB) on the day of the offering.  (WSJ)

Economy

Led by Europe, signs of a global economic slowdown mount.  (FT, WSJ, Economist’s View)

Business are in a wait-and-see mood and bank lending slows.   (Real Time Economics, WSJ)

Just how fast can the US economy grow these days?  (Economist)

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