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• What the Jobs Report Means for Bonds: Iuorio

  

  With the economy creating 157,000 new jobs in January, why did Treasury prices tick higher? Trader Jim Iuorio has an idea.

• Trading the Biggest Market Winners 

  

  As the Dow breaks 14,000, the FMHR crew discusses the stock market winners. Thomas DeMark, founder & CEO of Market Studies, weighs in.

• Why Inflation Could Eat Into Stock Gains: Kyle Bass

  

  Stock prices may be rising, but so is the threat of inflation, hedge fund manager Kyle Bass told CNBC Friday. "One of the best performing equity markets in the last decade has been Zimbabwe, but now your entire equity portfolio only buys you three eggs."

• Art Cashin: Why Stocks Are at 5-Year Highs Today 

  

  In his daily CNBC.com-only video clip, Art Cashin of UBS talks with Bob Pisani about the factors that helped lift stocks today. (2:14)

• Bogle: ‘100% Return’ on Stocks in a Decade

  

  Retail investors are still on the sidelines, yet John Bogle, chairman and founder of the Vanguard Group said this won't stop stocks from being major "income generators" over the next decade.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks rise on U.S. jobs data; dollar lower

  *U.S. and European stocks get a lift, MSCI world index higher. The MSCI world equity index was up 0.4 percent, having strengthened earlier on factory activity surveys for January in China and in the euro zone, which increased optimism over the global growth outlook. "

• CORRECTED-GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks up on U.S. jobs data; U.S. dollar falls

  *U.S. and European stocks get a lift, MSCI world index higher. The MSCI world equity index was up 0.4 percent, having strengthened earlier on factory activity surveys for January in China and the euro zone, which increased optimism over the global growth outlook. "

• GLOBAL ECONOMY-US manufacturing surges, Chinese recovery more modest

  *China's official PMI eases to 50.4, HSBC reading at two-year high. NEW YORK/ LONDON, Feb 1- U.S. manufacturing growth quickened in January and hiring across the economy increased in late 2012, but Chinese factories only managed a slight rebound as the new year began, suggesting that world economic growth remains sluggish.

• Fed Strategy to Trigger 'Collateral Financial Damage': Lavorgnia

  

  Deutsche Bank's Joe Lavorgnia anticipates broad "collateral financial damage" once interest rates eventually edge higher. And Art Hogan of Lazard Capital Markets sees the Fed trimming back on quantitative easing in 2013. Both appeared on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" on Friday.

• US Manufacturing Growth Picks Up; Construction Spending Rises

  

  In a positive sign for the economy, a new report showed that the pace of growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector picked up while a separate report showed that construction spending rose last month.

• Consumer Sentiment Gains on Fiscal Deal Optimism

  

  U.S. consumer sentiment unexpectedly improved in January as Americans felt Washington's deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" at the beginning of the year boded well for the economy, a new survey showed.

• Automatic Spending Cuts Threaten National Parks

  

  If Congress can't agree on a deficit-reduction plan soon, vacationers heading to the country's national parks this spring and summer could find reduced staffs, shorter visiting hours and even closings.

• GLOBAL ECONOMY-China factories see only modest pick-up, Europe stabilises

  LONDON/ BEIJING, Feb 1- China's vast factory sector managed only a shallow rebound at the start of 2013 and manufacturing in the euro zone remained weak, although there the worst may be over, a clutch of surveys suggested on Friday.

• Banks Slow Crisis Money Repayment to ECB

  

  Banks will pay back another 3.5 billion euros next week of the emergency 3-year loans they took from the European Central Bank a year ago, further deflating the ECB's balance sheet after they paid back a whopping 137 billion euros this week.

• UPDATE 1-China data signals capital outflows in 2012

  BEIJING, Feb 1- China posted a $117.3 billion deficit in its capital and financial account in 2012, preliminary data from the country's foreign exchange regulator showed on Friday, signalling capital outflows amid turbulence in the global economy and financial markets.

• Worst May Be Over for Euro Zone Factories: PMI

  

  Euro zone factories had their best month in nearly a year during January as burgeoning German output offered support amid signs the worst may be over for the troubled currency bloc, a survey showed on Friday.

• What Crisis? Big Tobacco in Europe Marches On

  

  Banks, retailers and many others may have suffered during Europe's downturn but the tobacco sector has remained rock solid during a time of weak consumer spending.

• METALS-Copper up on growth optimism, U.S. jobs in focus

  LONDON, Feb 1- Copper rose on Friday as confidence in the outlook for global growth gathered pace, with investors awaiting a labour market report from the United States for further evidence of the health of the world's largest economy.

• INTERVIEW-G20 should focus on debts, not Japan-bashing - Russia

  *Don't rush to judgment on Japan- finance sherpa. MOSCOW, Feb 1- Russia's top financial diplomat said the Group of 20 should focus on making new commitments to curb borrowing, and not rush to judge Japan's bid to reflate its economy when policy makers meet this month.

• GLOBAL ECONOMY-China factories in mild rebound amid patchy Asia recovery

  *HSBC final China Jan PMI jumps to two-year high at 52.3. BEIJING, Feb 1- Asia's manufacturers face a challenging business climate in the coming months, a clutch of surveys suggested on Friday, with China's vast factory sector managing only a shallow rebound at the start of 2013 as feeble foreign demand dragged on sales.