KQED Nightly Business Report January 1, 2016
The dow transports also had their worst year in the last seven. The nasdaq was the standout. Today the dow lost 178 points to finish the year at 17,425. The nasdaq dropped 58 thanks in part to a 2 drop in apple. Apple turning in its first negative year since, you guessed it, 2008. And the s p 500 dropped 19. For the year the dow fell more than 2 . The big winner, the nasdaq, up better than 5 1 2 . And the benchmark s p was down less than a percent but down nonetheless. Bob pisani looks at what happened. Reporter 2015 was the year almost nothing worked. It started out with a few simple ideas. O...