Russell Jones, Global Head of Fixed Income Strategy, Westpac Institutional Bank says that the job report on Friday is nothing to get too excited about as the economy is growing just 'about trend.'
Michael Degolyer, Professor of Government and International Relations,
Hong Kong Baptist University & Terrill Frantz, Assistant Professor, Faculty of HSBC Business School, Peking University discuss the major sticking points gathered from the first round of the U.S. Presidential Debate.
Mikio Kumada, Global Strategist at LGT Capital Management says gold remains attractive despite the recent rally, as the story of easy monetary policy is not going away anytime soon.
Mikio Kumada, Global Strategist at LGT Capital Management tells Capital Connection why he's only overweight in the U.S. stock markets, and not Asia and Europe.
Michael Glennon, CEO, Glennon Capital says after an 80 percent rally in Webjet shares this year, the online travel agency is trading at fair value. He says it might be time to book in some profits.
Mark Konyn, CEO, Cathay Conning Asset Management, says the U.S. presidential debate indicates the election will be a close one, and markets will be skittish amid the uncertainty.
Rob Bratby, Managing Partner, Olswang Asia, says the legal dispute between Samsung and Apple will eventually result in a settlement and a global cross licensing deal.
Steven Okun, Chairman of the
Asia Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce (APCAC) discusses the implications of the U.S. elections for the overseas business community.
Martin Schulz, Senior Economist, Fujitsu Research Institute explains why he thinks the Bank of Japan is the only institution that can take action to boost the economy amid the current slump in Japan.
Paul Gambles, Managing Partner, MBMG International reminds investors that the markets will emerge from the economic 'winter' eventually. He advises investors to look ahead and position accordingly when the markets return to 'spring'.
Willem Nabarro, Head, European Equities (Asia), Exane-BNP Paribas says Draghi's comments has effectively put the ball in the court of various European governments. He explains his strategy in Europe in this situation.
Paul Bloxham, Chief Economist for Australia & New Zealand, HSBC says the economic picture is unlikely to improve in Europe for the foreseeable future. He adds that HSBC has recently downgraded its outlook on global growth.
Jim McCafferty, MD & Co-Head Equity Research, CIMB Securities expects inflation to creep back up and investors need to be prepared for that risk. He adds that he's less concerned about Thailand's exposure to the U.S.
Phil Davis, VP, Enterprise Solutions at Dell, Asia Pacific & Japan tells CNBC why his company is investing more resources into growing its enterprise business.
Gabriel De Kock, Head of U.S. FX Strategy, Morgan Stanley explains what the Fed may be trying to accomplish from its latest minutes. He thinks the Fed will need to make commitments that are longer than would be in most situations.
Paul Gambles, Managing Partner, MBMG International thinks investors should look at the USD. He thinks the currency is the least repulsive among all other currencies despite its own shortcomings.
Jay Richards, Investment Manager, GTL Capital Management thinks the spread between Brent and Nymex prices to stay wide. He says U.S. domestic demand & supply will drive Nymex prices whereas Brent prices will be driven by politics.
Tom Porcelli, Chief U.S. Economist, RBC Capital Markets discusses his expectations for the U.S. September jobs data. He adds the U.S. economy is facing significant structural issues that will keep the jobless rate high.
Jim Awad, MD, Zephyr Management thinks Romney's debate performance was not sufficient to change the dynamics of the campaign. He says the most Romney did was to reduce Obama's chances of winning from 80% to 75%.
Paul Gambles, Managing Partner, MBMG International says it's still unclear how effective additional stimulus can be. He adds that it's also unclear why the market rally is still continuing.
James Ashley, Senior Economist, RBC Capital Markets & Simon Flood, CIO of Lion Global Investors discuss their concerns around Spain and how it's affecting their market strategy.
Simon Flood, CIO, Lion Global Investors & Colin Chapman, Vice President of Asia Pacific at Stratfor give their views on Obama's and Romney's performance, and explain why they think the Republican candidate won this first presidential debate.
Anson Rosewall, Research Sales at BBY says it's a good time to take some profits in the Australian market. He also says despite the rally on central bank action, investors should be selling out of Macquarie Group.
Francis Lun, Managing Director at Lyncean Holdings says Hong Kong's IPO market is in a deep recession, hurt by a slump in China and the euro zone. He adds the market's recovery will be slow.
CNBC's Adam Bakhtiar takes on the challenge of the daily stock in 60 seconds segment and looks at Hewlett-Packard's shares which plunged to a nine-year low after Chief Executive Meg Whitman warned of an unexpectedly steep earnings slide in 2013.
Aninda Mitra, Head of Economics, Southeast Asia, ANZ says Malaysia will have to answer some tough questions if the government's economic programs aren't successful. He thinks it will be key to see if the social programs continue.
Najib Razak, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, tells CNBC's Martin Soong how his government plans to keep the country's economic engines going amid the challenging global outlook.