peHUB First Read

Time for financial types to pick their Halloween costumes: Paulson as Leatherface, Bernanke as Dracula, Arthur Levitt as Dillinger, Geithner as Damien, Blankfein as a Giant Vampire Squid... * Michael Corkery: What Bill Belichick could teach Goldman Sachs * Have private equity bakeoffs returned to the middle markets? * Morning Call: U.S. futures point to mixed open, London opens flat, European shares edge higher, the Nikkei takes a tumble and both Hong Kong and Shanghai hit multi-week lows. * VentureSource: VC investment outside the U.S. rises 23% in Q3 * Jeremy Grantham believes the last hurrah (a.k.a. sucker's rally) is almost over. Download his Q3 letter here * European venture capitalists believe recent buyout losses will mean VC fundraising gains. Have they looked at recent VC returns? And by recent, I mean the past decade.