of interest rates and debt refinancing may be a fool s errand, but the Twitterati are undeterred. So what will it be a coming flood of high-yield defaults and 20%Treasury yields?

Predicting the future

Also on their minds this week: the gold rush, the vindication of Dick Fuld, and the political charms of Acapulco.

Time to Windex those crystal balls .

The Economy/Politics

Carl Quintanilla, co-anchor of CNBC s Squawk Box, referring to Marc Faber, the publisher of investment newsletter "The Gloom Boom & Doom Report."

Marc Faber sez 10-yr treasury yield headed to 10% to 20% over next decade. Thx for the pick-me-up, Marc.

Twitter.com/carlquintanilla

Business

Twitter feed of the Huffington

Post s business section.

Lehman's Bizarro World: Former Execs Say Hiding $50B WASN'T A Big Deal, Fuld Feels Vindicated


Twitter.com/HuffBusiness

Just b/c this is a time of transformation doesn't mean it's easy to sell transformational ideas
Rosabeth Moss Kanter, professor, Harvard Business School.
Twitter.com/RosabethKanter

UK: "The days of web sales nearly doubling each year are long gone."
Tim O Brien, editor of the Sunday business section at The New York Times.
Twitter.com/TimOBrienNYT

Companies moving to 2x/yr bonuses is terrible idea Should shift to long-term restricted stock for long-term performance
Bill George, former CEO, Medtronic.
Twitter.com/Bill_George

The Markets

Anonymous hedge fund investor, on high-yield debt.

The yield game is back on. Refinancing the HY debt in 2012 will not be a problem, despite what other doomsayers may say.

Twitter.com/hedgefundinvest

Goldman Sachs derivative liability = 33,823% of assets
Twitter feed in the name of Lucy Parson, a deceased anarchist labor organizer.
Twitter.com/lucyparsons4ev

was'nt [sic] Gold supposed to crash already as dollar rallied and the stock market too...still think the big move lies ahead and to the up $gld
Howard Lindzon, co-founder and CEO of real-time trading information
site, www.stocktwits.com
Twitter.com/howardlindzon

PIMCO TRF Hits $214 Billion, Gross Cuts Cash By $14 Billion, Buys Treasuries And Foreign Government Holdings
Editors of the finance blog, zerohedge.com, on trading by PIMCO s flagship Total Return Fund.
Twitter.com/zerohedge

The Lighter Side

Joe Donohue, CEO of Desert Shores Capital, on Rep. Dennis Kucinich s switch to a yes vote on health-care reform.

if Kucinich changed his mind for a trip to Cleveland, imagine what he would do if Bama took him to Acapulco

Twitter.com/upsidetrader