U.S. Stocks Are Little Changed Before Fed Policy Decision U.S. stocks were little changed, following a three-day gain for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as investors awaited the latest monetary-policy decision from the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 added less than 0.1 percent to 1,942.54 at 9:31 a.m. in New York. “I would be shocked or alarmed if we get any surprising news out of the decision today,” Randy Frederick, managing director of trading and derivatives ...