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• Stock Market ‘Pretty Darned Good’: Stephanie Link

  

  Quarterly earnings bode well for the stock market, TheStreet CIO Stephanie Link says.

• Cramer: Facebook Is 'Doing the Right Thing'

  

  CNBC's Jim Cramer said Thursday that Facebook's spending strategy is catered to growth investors and that he was pleased by the company's conference call.

• Facebook’s ‘Really Big’ Win: Michael Pachter

  

  Facebook stock still looks attractive, Michael Pachter says.

• Invest in Food, Fuels and Forests as Global Population Grows: Fund Manager

  

  Commodity stocks in the food, timber and infrastructure sectors look attractive for 2013, Mike Underhill, founder and chief investment officer of Capital Innovations, told CNBC at the TDAmeritrade Institutional conference on Thursday. Plus, his equity picks.

• Why Currency Wars Might Be Coming

  

  Currency wars might be coming, and this could become a serious issue and undermine the global recovery.

• Early Movers: MRK, MAT, NWL, & More

  

  Some of the names on the move ahead of the open.

• Byron Wien: Sorry Bulls, S&P Ends Year Where It Started

  

  With the S&P up 5% in January, yt seems most pros are expecting a banner year for the stock market. Byron Wien, however is not most pros.

• This Sector's Headed Higher: Pete Najarian 

  

  The "Fast Money" traders are adding to certain positions, and OptionMonster's Jon Najarian thinks this sector's got plenty of upside.

• There's No Bond Bubble: DoubleLine’s Bonnie Baha

  

  The bond bubble doesn't exist, Bonnie Baha of DoubleLine Capital says.

• All the Reasons Blackberry 10 Will Probably Fail: Analyst

  

  Research in Motion's launch of its new Blackberry 10 smartphones is too little, too late, said Jennifer Fritzsche, a senior analyst at Wells Fargo.

• Your First Trade for Friday 

  

  CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Fast Money traders discuss the day's top trades and the stocks they'll be watching tomorrow.

• How to Trade the Euro Ahead of the Jobs Data

  

  The euro is resuming its rise, and this strategist sees enough fundamental support for the currency to warrant a trade ahead of the nonfarm payroll report.

• Greenberg: It's the Stocks You Don't Own That Matter

  

  The Forensic Accounting ETF launches today. The fund spotlights a concept that is often woefully overlooked.

• Bank Stocks to See 14-Year Bull Market: Dick Bove

  

  Banking analyst Dick Bove may have changed firms but he hasn't altered his rosy view of the banking industry.

• After-Hours Buzz: N, TPH & More

  

  Check out which companies are making headlines after the bell Thursday:

• Retail Investors Moving Back to Stocks: TD Ameritrade CEO

  

  Now that the Dow Jones is flirting with all-time highs, retail investors can still enjoy additional gains, TD Ameritrade executives told the company's annual conference in San Diego on Thursday.

• 4 Banks to Buy: JPMorgan Analyst

  

  Some of banking's best-known names are still trading at very attractive valuations to book value and earnings estimates, TheStreet.com says.

• Why the Dow May Not Make It to 14,000

  

  Traders are chattering about some troubling signs – most notably a breakdown in small caps – as reasons why the Dow Jones Industrial Average may not make it to 14,000 anytime soon.

• Dow to Hit 15,000 by Year End: Professor Siegel

  

  The Dow Industrials could hit 15,000 "by the end of the year," Wharton School Professor Jeremy Siegel told CNBC.

• Bulls Shop for Upside at Staples

  

  The bulls have been targeting Staples recently, and yesterday they were back in the trade.