Sep 17 2016

Stock investors next week will focus on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy decision and whether economic growth trends have given the U.S. central bank reason to raise interest rates off of rock-bottom levels

In the days leading up to Wednesday's policy announcement, market volatility has spiked following two months of relative calm. In the last six trading sessions, the benchmark S&P 500 has moved at least 1 percent four times, twice up and twice down, whipsawed by shifting perceptions of what the Fed may do

The CBOE Volatility Index, the most widely followed gauge of near-term investor anxiety, is holding near two-month highs