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The Trump Tweet Effect on stocks

the Wall Street Journal compiled an index of 12 companies Trump Tweeted about, calling it the Trump Target Index, and found it outperformed the Dow and the S&P 500. The index goes back to February, 2016, when Trump first highlighted layoffs at Carrier during a Republican debate.