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NEW YORK, Dec 14 (Reuters) — Bank of America Merrill Lynch forecast the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index will rise to 1,400 in the next 12 months, with energy and technology most likely to outperform other sectors, the firm said on Tuesday.
   Driving the U.S. market will be earnings, which should reach record levels in 2011, David Bianco, chief U.S. equity strategist, said at the firm's 2011 outlook conference.  "2010 was a good year for the stock market, and I expect 2011 to be an even better year," he said. «It's going to be an asset class that comes back into favor.The firm is forecasting a 2011 earnings per share for the S&P 500 of $93 and $99 for 2012.  »It's just remarkable how strong the corporate profit recovery has been. It surprised everybody to the upside.