(Bloomberg) -- Conventional political wisdom held that presidents shouldn’t comment on the financial markets. Then came Donald Trump and Financial Twitter was never the same.
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Trump has commented on the stock market more than 30 times since his election, the latest on Tuesday to blame Democrats for the October “pause” in markets. (The S&P 500 is down almost 9 percent in the month and lower for the year. It’s up more than 20 percent since his election.)
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Here’s a look at Trump’s #FinTwit habit and the S&P 500:
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