How Some Of Trump's Bad Tweets Are Helping Puppies And Kittens

Heres a little solace when youre thinking about President Donald Trumps rampant Twitter habit. Sometimes, those presidential barbs may be helping animals.Folks at digital marketing company The Think Tank, or T3, noticed that when Trumps tweets criticize a companylike when he complained about Boeing in a tweet about building a new 747 Air Force Onethe companys stock tends to briefly fall.So, they created Trump and Dump, a bot that picks up when Trump mentions a publicly traded company or brand in a tweet. The bot uses an algorithm to analyze whether the mention is positive or negative, and if its sufficiently negative, it immediately short-sellsthat companys shares. Heres a video explaining the bot further. OK, so how do animals factor into this' During its Trump and Dump experiment, T3 is donating its trading profits to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. T3 President Ben Gaddis told The Huffington Post the company selected the ASPCA because its a noncontroversial cause and wanted it to be clear that Trump and Dump was not a political statement.The ASPCA confirmed to The Washington Postthat T3 had indeed donated to the group, but pointed out the organization wasnt involved with the company or the bot.Gaddis wouldnt say how much money his firm has made from Trump and Dump trading. But he said it was successful in general.Besides being good for publicity, Trump and Dump is giving T3 some useful information.Its a capability we can apply for our clientsjust understanding things that happen in the social realm that can impact our business, Gaddis said. Next, he said, T3 might examine how Trumps mention of specific countries might influence trading in currencies. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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