The S&P 500 Index (INDEXSP .INX) advanced for a seventh successive session as the sword of Damocles appeared to stop dangling over Damascus. (Although an utterly unlovedApple Inc. ( AAPL ), indelibly associated with the son of a Syrian
Apple’s ( AAPL ) fingerprint , and Anthony’s finger , each endured days to forget, but elsewhere it was high fives all around for investors, with the S&P 500 Index (INDEXSP .INX) advancing for a seventh straight session. The