Patrick Armstrong, managing partner at Armstrong Investment, tells CNBC they are staying long equities as they remain cheaper than bonds, but adding some short positions.
Rebounding banks helped European shares recover on Friday after data pointing to a potentially stronger recovery in global growth helped drive demand for equities.
Tom Elliott, global strategist at JP Morgan Asset Management, tells CNBC why the EU budget deal has given enough to austerity-driven northern Europe to ease future negotiations.
Amrita Sen, chief oil analyst at Energy Aspects Ltd, tells CNBC why oil is unlikely to strengthen despite an incoming storm because it has become a transportation rather than power sector fuel.
Giles Keating, head of research at Credit Suisse Private Banking, tells CNBC that the yields on Spanish debt are up quite radically since the last auction due to the politics.
Marchel Alexandrovich, senior European economist at Jefferies International, says EU Summit is not an event that would influence Draghi who seems to be getting a bit more pessimistic about the European economy.
Guy Monson, managing partner at Sarasin & Partners, tells CNBC that the euro crisis gave Germany an amazing opportunity to penetrate the Asian markets.
European shares closed lower after choppy trading on Thursday, tracking falls on the U.S. equity markets, while a decline in French drugmaker Sanofi also weighed on the region's bourses.
Mike Amey, portfolio manager at Pimco, says he favors bonds from countries like Brazil and Mexico, despite market speculation of a looming emerging market debt bubble.
David Murrin, chief investment officer at Emergent Asset Management, tells CNBC why he expects "hope to decay", as the early highs of 2013 turn out to be a mirage.
Horst Lochel, professor for economics at Frankfurt School of Finance, tells CNBC why the question of exchange rate policy will be the most pertinent one to come out of Mario Draghi's news conference.
As the well-known face of Doha Bank, R Seetharaman is one of the few business leaders to favor bow ties on all occasions. He outlines why, and also reflects on how he would like to be remembered.
In an exclusive interview with CNBC, R Seetharaman, CEO of Doha Bank, describes the lender's strategy to get in on billions of government dollars earmarked for infrastructure in Qatar, and makes the case for authorities to fairly allocate projects among the country's banks.
Dana Telsey, CEO & chief researcher of Telsey Advisory Group, forecasts US retail sales figure up around 3 percent, driven by promotions and clearance sales.
Rainer Skierka, head of financials research at Sarasin, tells CNBC why the volatility of investment banking is reflected in Credit Suisse's fourth quarter results.