With the growing power of social media, President-elect Donald Trump's Twitter tirades may have had more of an effect on the stock market than anyone realized.
Sometimes for the good but often for the bad, Boeing (BA) , Macy's (M) , Ford (F) , United Technologies (UTX) , Lockheed Martin (LMT) , General Motors (GM) SoftBank (SFTBF) and Toyota (T) have seen their respective stocks move after the companies were targeted by Trump on Twitter. The weight of Trump's social media rhetoric clearly extends beyond politics.
Which will be the next ticker to be hurt by a hashtag?
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Despite the president's promise of no stimulus until after Nov. 3, there are no signs yet that this is the sort of correlated selling that leads to a deep correction.
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