(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.
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.)
Here's a look at Trump's #FinTwit habit and the S&P 500:
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