Equity markets had a bad case of agita last Monday over the Italian elections and the thought of Silvio Berlusconi bringing his bunga-bunga party back into power.
After the Dow Jones industrial average was pared by 216 points, investors looked on Fridayâ??s sequester deadline with dread.
They neednâ??t have feared, because Tuesday and Wednesday brought Fed chief Ben Bernanke to Capitol Hill.
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