FILE-In this Friday Sept. 7, 2012, file photo, trader Richard Scardino, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks edged higher during trading on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. Investors were happy to see that Germany's highest court cleared the way for that country to participate in a European rescue fund. Attentions now shift to the Federal Reserve, which wraps up its two-day meeting Thursday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)