Shares surged in a holiday-shortened week with the S&P 500 Index (^GSPC) advancing 4.57% to hit its highest level since the start of the recession in December 2007 after Congress contemplating the fiscal cliff decided not to pass the buck itself. (Or words to that effect.) Socialist Hugo Chavez who said capitalism killed life on Mars saw his home market go to Pluto with the Venezuela bourse jumping 302.81% to post the planet’s best performance in 2012. Gap Inc. (GPS) whose khakis are the chosen attire of two of his fellow dictators even in the afterlife started 2013 strongly after being anointed company of the prior year. Facebook (FB) began ...