Tech Crunch: Trigger Tells You When Trump Tweets About Your Stocks

Cornell Tech startup Trigger Finance allows users to buy and sell stocks based on events. The company recently added a tool called the “Trump Trigger” that alerts users when Trump tweets about your investments, Tech Crunch reports. 

Very few people can move financial markets with their tweets, but like it or not, President-elect Donald Trump is one of them. And while you can’t do anything to prevent the madness, you can keep up with it using a new tool from Trigger Finance.

Originally a class project at Cornell Tech, Trigger makes it easy for users to set up real-time alerts when news drops about their stocks. Typically this includes notifications about upcoming earnings report announcements and news of price changes, but the startup is adding a “Trump Trigger” to ensure you’re looped in when Trump talks about your investments on his favorite social network.

If you’re looking for an example of Trump’s ability to influence public markets with 140 characters, look no further than yesterday’s Toyota hullabaloo. Trump threatened a nondescript tax on the company if it moved some of its production to Mexico.

Read the full article on Tech Crunch.