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Stocks inched higher as memory-chip makers led gains, lifting the S&P 500 ahead of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and the start of the fourth-quarter earnings season, while yields rose amid Fed-policy chatter and energy-cost concerns lingered in the background.
AAA predicts a record-breaking number of Americans will travel during the Fourth of July weekend, with 50.7 million people expected to travel at least 50 miles from home. To avoid traffic, AAA recommends traveling before 12 p.m. on Saturday, before 11 a.m. or after 6 p.m. on Tuesday, and before 2 p.m. on Wednesday. Despite limited inventory and higher prices, consumers are not cutting back on travel this summer, according to AAA.