There were high fives all around in equities with the S&P 500 Index (^GSPC) hitting a five-year high as continuing unemployment claims fell to a five-year low notwithstanding that the initial jobless count jumped by the most in five weeks. Apple Inc. (AAPL) edged up 1.24% but it has still badly under-performed the overall market in 2013 and saw its price objective cut by Piper Jaffray’s influential analyst Gene Munster. How International Business Machines (IBM)  mocked as deadly dull by the Cupertino company in 1984 is enjoying the last laugh fresh from being named America’s most creative company for an astonishing 20th straight year. Supervalu (SVU) surged ...