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Todd Horwitz, chief strategist at The Adam Mesh Trading Group, says the market expects U.S. job numbers to be lower than previously forecast. |
Tina Fordham, senior political analyst at Citi Private Bank, says the 5 Star Movement remains the wild card in Italy's political impasse. |
How do you make money in these markets? Here is what some of the experts on CNBC have been telling us. |
Julia Coronado, chief economist for North America at BNP Paribas, and Patrick O'Keefe, director of economic research at CohnReznick, discuss the impact of the U.S. sequester. |
Julia Coronado, chief economist for North America at BNP Paribas, and Patrick O'Keefe, director of economic research at CohnReznick, discuss why the employment rate is a better indicator of growth potential in the U.S. than the unemployment rate. |
Davide Serra, founder and CEO of Algebris Investments, tells CNBC why he doesn't expect Europe to become like Japan, suggesting that the ECB's help is much more conditional than its BoJ counterpart. |
Shimpei Kato, vice president of Terra Motors Corporation, says the company's new electric Tuk Tuk car is different, as it's targeted at emerging countries and can be charged with normal electric sockets. |
Alistair Cotton, senior analyst at Currencies Direct, tells CNBC that online currency has a lot of potential as a payment platform, but Davide Serra, founder and CEO of Algebris Investments, is highly sceptical. |
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Imran Amed, founder and editor at Business of Fashion, tells CNBC that Prada has performed "outstandingly" because of its clever merchandising strategy and its increased emphasis on its Miu Miu brand. |
Axel van Trotsenburg, vice president for East Asia and the Pacific region at the World Bank, talks about the relationship between China and Japan, and how a better-than-expected pick-up in Japan would affect the region. |
Dan Beasley, head of mobile at Jam, says that having products across the range is one of Samsung's strength, and there is still a lot of growth for the brand to tap into. |
Brendan Callan, CEO of FXCM Europe, says there is a disproportionate number of foreign exchange firms in Cyprus, because it's easy to get registered there due to relaxed regulations. |
Manoj Ladwa, head of trading at TJM Partners, discusses how the "snow trade" will impact U.K. equities and how U.K. housing is in a "false market". |
Ian Harnett, European strategist at Absolute Strategy Research, says investors should not "play the fundamental game" as it is still a risk-on, risk-off market. |
European shares opened mixed on Friday as investors await the latest U.S. jobs data to provide an indication of whether the world's largest economy is recovering. |
Allegra Perry, managing director at Cantor Fitzgerald, tells CNBC that Chinese demand for luxury goods is still very strong, but that demand is shifting from high-end to mid-segment goods. |
Bob Janjuah, co-head of cross-asset allocation strategy at Nomura, discusses the impact of a change at the top of the Federal Reserve in January 2014. |
Kit Juckes, global head of FX strategy at Societe Generale, tells CNBC austerity is the wrong policy for Europe and that the region is heading towards a "lost decade" for growth. |
Dennis Gartman, founder and editor of The Gartman Letter told CNBC that the Bank of Japan is unlikely to reach its targets but that its monetary policy will weaken the currency and strengthen the stock market. |
Jane Foley, senior currency strategist at Rabobank, says the Bank of Japan's monetary policy could work as it set its target with deflation and not inflation as previously tried in the U.K. |
Martin Wolf, chief editorial commentator at the Financial Times, tells CNBC that China's slowing growth could be particularly challenging for the government as it is forced to move towards a very different economic model. |
Louisa Bojesen takes you through the European markets, which closed lower on Thursday. |
Henk Potts, equity strategist at Barclays, tells CNBC that investors don't have enough risk in their portfolios, so should take advantage of a positive signs coming from the US and Europe. |
Geoffrey Yu, FX strategist at UBS, tells CNBC that the Bank of Japan's new policy of strenuous easing could push dollar/yen past 100 if the US "gets with the program". |
David Milleker, chief economist at Union Investment, tells CNBC that the ECB have paved the way for a rate cut, but questions whether it would actually have the positive effect they desire. |
David Owen, chief European economist at Jefferies International, tells CNBC that Mario Draghi and the ECB must now start trying to "engineer a recovery" in the vein of Bernanke and Kuroda. |
Patrick Jenkins, banking editor at Financial Times, tells CNBC that the HBOS report will lift the lid on a culture "driven by seeking profit at all costs" which should provide lessons for the future. |
Rotana CEO Selim El-Zyr says the time has not come for Rotana to go public or to establish its brand in developed countries, as it should first focus on consolidating its regional leadership. |
Mario Draghi said the ECB cannot compensate for a lack of reforms by euro zone governments."The buck does not stop with the ECB," he said. |
