KQED Nightly Business Report August 9, 2014
Frankly. It didnt feel like enough week per stocks, not with the flair ups but it was. After todays strong rally, all three of the broad market barometers, the dow, s p 500 finished the week in the black and for the dow and s p today was the best performance in five months. The dow closing near the highs of the session up 185 points, nasdaq higher by 36 and the s p 500 rallied 22. For the week, each of the big three were up at least a third of 1 . Investors gobbled up stocks unworried about a broken seize fire in the israel gaza conflict and u. S. Air strikes against muslim extremists in iraq ...