Wall Street

Wall St edges up ahead of Yellen's Day-2 testimony

U.S. stocks were slightly higher in early trading on Thursday, ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's second day of testimony and a day after she signaled a dovish stance on interest rates.

What Yellen did, and didn't, say about her future at the Fed

As Fed Chair Janet Yellen fielded questions from the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday on a range of complicated topics, from market valuation to regulatory relief to lending practices, the one question Ms. Yellen couldn’t answer was whether she would remain at her post as head of the Fed for another term.

What Yellen did, and didn't, say about her future at the Fed

As Fed Chair Janet Yellen fielded questions from the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday on a range of complicated topics, from market valuation to regulatory relief to lending practices, the one question Ms. Yellen couldn’t answer was whether she would remain at her post as head of the Fed for another term.

Wall Street ends flat as politics drive stocks

U.S. stocks ended little changed on Tuesday in a session marked by knee-jerk reactions to events in Washington that drove investors to first worry then hope about prospects for the Trump administration's economic agenda.