Sometimes, we write a story, and then as something of an afterthought (or perhaps supporting evidence), document what the major financial indexes did that day.  Today, an index is the story, as we get to celebrate the S&P 500 going back above 1,000 for the first time in quite a while. The S&P 500 gained 15.15 points (1.53 percent) in order to close at 1,002.63 this afternoon, and since it was early November of 2008 that anybody was last able to ...