KQED Nightly Business Report July 14, 2024
Today. Retailers helped lift investor sentiment. Yes, retail. That same sector thats been struggling to keep up with fastchanging consumer behavior. Four of the five best performing stocks in the s p 500 today were retailers. Then theres the bd market. The yield curve inverted for the second time in a week. Late today t t yield on tenyear treasury bond dipped below the twoyear yield. That also forecasts a recession, and thats when it happened last week the dow fell by800 points, but not today. This time stocks held on to their gains. Fact, the dow was up more than 240 points. It closed at 26,2...