In this segment of The Motley Fool's finance-focused show, Where the Money Is, Alison Southwick and banking analyst Matt Koppenheffer head to the Twitter-sphere to share some of their favorite tweets of the day. Among the topics covered are the confusing question of whether good economic data is good or bad, and what more babies mean for the economy.
Tweet It: Should We Be Rooting for Bad Economic Performance?
By Matt Koppenheffer and Alison Southwick – Sep 7, 2013 at 12:00PM
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Matt is the head of the Coverage Team for The Motely Fool's premium products. Previously, he's been . Matt is a heavy user of AI tools and is working on harnessing them to help Fool members. Previously, Matt was GM of Motley Fool Ascent, led The Motley Fool Deutschland, has been an investor on various Fool services, and co-hosted the podcast "Where the Money Is". He also co-authored the book The Astonishing Collapse of MF Global. Matt started his career in San Francisco as a technology-focused investment banker and also worked at a $15 billion private equity company. When he's thinking about how to make Fools smarter, happier, and richer, you can usually find Matt running trails or making a mess in the kitchen. He's a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, but is a lifelong fan of Penn State football.