A Social Media View of the Davos of Hedge Funds

The night scene on the Las Vegas Strip outside the Bellagio Casino.Michael Nelson/European Pressphoto AgencyThe night scene on the Las Vegas Strip outside the Bellagio Casino.

A look at some of the social media dispatches from SALT conference in Las Vegas. The SkyBridge Alternatives Conference brings together more than 1,800 wealthy investors and hedge funds for four days of conferences, concerts and revelry.

Peter Lattman of DealBook called the Anthony Scaramucci, the host of the event, a PT Barnum in a Ferragamo tie. While the event brings together senior money managers and Washington power brokers, it is also highlights the bacchanalia which Wall Street has tried to avoid since the financial crisis.