Next Episode: Spring Rally?

Stocks were on fire in 2013. Will stocks soar again in 2014?

What about the Feb. 7, 2014 Debt Ceiling deadline? Can Secretary Lew push paper around and get us through summer without another political crisis?

Fitch has promised to address their Credit Watch Negative on the U.S. by the end of the first quarter 2014 (March 31, 2014). Their review occurs on March 21, 2014. What factors are at play? What's the likely outcome?