Hillary Clinton Rattles Prison Stocks With a Single Tweet
For the second time in three weeks, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination wiped millions of dollars off the value of an industry.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters on Oct. 30, 2015, in Atlanta.
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Hillary Clinton may not be president, but she's moving the markets like she is one. For the second time in three weeks, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination wiped millions of dollars off the value of an industry with a single tweet.
On Friday, private prison stocks dropped sharply after Clinton said the U.S. needed to “end the era of mass incarceration.”