U.S. stocks are ticking higher ahead of a highly anticipated speech about where interest rates may be heading.

Wall Street’s recent rally has propelled major U.S. stock benchmarks to record territory. Learn which names are helping here.

And Wall Street analysts are worrying that we may be looking at the end of independent monetary policy. To say that U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech will be “closely watched” tomorrow is an understatement.

Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street fell to a fifth straight loss, hurt by losses for Walmart and worries over coming cuts to interest rates

Wall Street fell to a fifth straight loss on Thursday, hurt by a drop for Walmart and dampened hopes for coming cuts to interest rates. The S&P 500 slipped 0.4%. All its losses have been relatively modest,

Wall Street's main indexes fell on Thursday as investors awaited monetary policy clues from the Federal Reserve's annual economic symposium, while big-box retailer Walmart's quarterly results dampened sentiment.