Hillary Clinton Tweet Targets Private Prisons, Sending Prison Stocks Lower

The former cattle traders expert is trying her hand at equities. Maybe she can help out her son in law?

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s Twitter account is quite powerful.  In late September when Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO, Martin Shkreli decided to raise the price of Daraprim, a treatment for HIV, from $13.50 per pill to $750, Hillary Clinton sent out a tweet detailing her outrage for the price increase. “Price gouging like this in the specialty drug market is outrageous. Tomorrow I’ll lay out a plan to take it on,” Clinton’s tweet stated.  The tweet sent the Nasdaq Biotech Index down -4.7%.  While the index has recovered some losses, it still trades below the $360 high...