STOCKS BARELY BUDGE: Here's what you need to know

Stocks across all three major averages barely budged Wednesday, marking a 15th straight day of moves less than 1% in either direction.
Stocks inched into positive territory early in the day and pretty much stayed close to that level, with each average finishing the day up only a few tenths of one percent. Oil, however, did retrace some of its recent losses by moving up a little under 4%.
While stocks were placid, there were a number of economic and business headlines. But first, t