Here’s a look at The Option Insider’s favorite tweets of the week.?

Financial Markets/Options

Nasdaq shelling out $41.6M for botched Facebook IPO: http://cnb.cx/1efUKxF? ? $FB $NDAQ?(CNBC Social Team??@CNBCSocial)

Interesting divergence today — $VIX down 0.7%, short-term VIX up 5%. So investors seem to still be buying SPX options into year end. (Kaitlyn Kiernan??@Kaitlyn_Kiernan?on Thursday)

Another day, another record close for the Dow. Make it 48 so far this year. http://on.wsj.com/18HAmYh?(WSJ Markets??@WSJmarkets on Monday)

Reviewing 2013/Looking Ahead to 2014
2014: Year of the Strong Dollar? http://blogs.barrons.com/focusonfunds/2013/12/27/2014-year-of-the-strong-dollar/?? via @barronsonline?(Brendan Conway??@bconway)
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An AP-Times Square poll finds 32% of Americans say 2013 was a better year for them than 2012. Was it for you? http://yhoo.it/1aa7aV2?(Yahoo??@Yahoo)
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It may be one of #gold‘s worst years in a while but 2 analysts warn not to expect it to get any better in 2014 http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/talking-numbers/why-2014-could-worse-gold-105259676.html?? (CNBC) (Yahoo Finance??@YahooFinance)
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The Top 10 business stories of 2013 – http://cnnmon.ie/1cN1pNH?(NASDAQ OMX??@NASDAQOMX)
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The 3 worst performing assets of 2013: 1.) Gold -27% 2.) Silver -33% 3.) Corn -38% –> http://stks.co/e02UX? $GC_F $SI_F?(StockTwits??@StockTwits)

This and That

#MondayInspiration from one of history?s greatest artists. pic.twitter.com/AoGpvPT61f?(NASDAQ OMX??@NASDAQOMX)

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ow.ly/i/48Shi? $TWTR 4.6million Twitter contracts since listing 28 days ago! Record 904K set 12/26 as shares and IV peak. (Option Alert??@OptionAlert)

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10 Most Expensive NFL Stadium Beers @brittanyumar http://trib.al/HjXrY83?(TheStreet??@TheStreet)

Our Yuletide price index shows that, overall, Christmas has become cheaper http://econ.st/IVMedz? pic.twitter.com/DGcy1wRRt7?(The Economist??@TheEconomist)

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