KQED Nightly Business Report August 5, 2014
Seismic jitters about the middle east, central europe, u. S. Central bank policy, took a back seat to news from portugal. That countrys government threw a lifeline to one of its biggest lenders. That was enough to spark a rebound from last weeks steep losses. The worst in two years for the s p 500. Unwinding of short positions bets the market will fall a little bit today. At the end of the day, the dow was higher by 76 points. And the s p added 13. Stocks seeing a healthy bounce back, at least for today, a lot of people are asking whats driving the markets right now. And whats the mood among t...