U.S. stocks were mostly lower in midday trading on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was hovering at its session high, while the tech-heavy S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite were edging lower ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest-rate decision at 2 p.

The S&P 500 is in record territory, and investors are pricing in a quarter-point cut to interest rates on Wednesday.

Federal Reserve interest rate decision; Chair Jerome Powell remarks; U.S. retail sales; Meta event; earnings from FedEx, General Mills, and Bullish

The U.S. dollar and Treasury yields have round-tripped their initial reaction to the Federal Reserve's interest-rate cut. Both are now higher on the day. The ICE U.S. dollar index was up by 0.2% at 96.

Here is a highlight of what will drive the VOO and SCHD ETFs this week, including earnings, retail sales, and Federal Reserve cuts.

AI demand and planned price hikes helped lift data storage stocks on Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, while an analyst downgrade pressured a packaged food player.

Investors are laser-focused right now on what promises to be the wildest Federal Reserve meeting in years. But this isn’t the only potentially market-moving event on the calendar this week.

Wall Street expects a quarter-point Fed rate cut but sparks could fly at the meeting. FedEx facing earnings headwinds. OpenAI sees lower rev share with Microsoft.

U.S. inflation likely ticked higher last month as the Trump administration's import taxes lifted the price of goods, putting the Federal Reserve in a tough spot when it meets next week.

The Fed’s first interest-rate cut in nearly a year may end a long pause in monetary policy. But for investors, the biggest question is how markets will react once the easing cycle resumes and, more importantly,