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-- The hysteria surrounding the possibility that the Fed would
turn off the spigot became palpable in yesterday's trading
session. On Thursday, the S&P 500 index closed 2.5% lower than
it opened, posting the single-worst trading session for the big
index in 2013 -- and the worst since November 2011, in fact.
>>5 Big Trades After the Fed Meeting  Perhaps more significant,
yesterday's S&P 500 decline pushed the big index to close below
its 50-day moving average, a line that's acted as crucial
support over the course of this orderly rally. If there's a
single word to describe how investors feel right now, it's
"panicked."  But the Fed's taper tantrum doesn't matter. If you
think that Chairman Bernanke's checkbook is slamming shut in
2013, you're wrong. And the implications remain the same for
stocks: higher ground.  Most people have the cause and effects
of quantitative easing flip-flopped. Ask 10 investors what
Bernanke is trying to achieve by buy