Nicholas Spiro, managing director at Spiro Sovereign Strate, tells CNBC that there is a shift taking place, away from Spain being seen of as a high risk investment.
Rob Subbaraman, chief Asia economist at Nomura, tells CNBC why a combination of rising debt and inflation will prevent China's recovery from becoming a lasting one.
Keith McLoughlin, CEO of Electrolux, tells CNBC that Western Europe consumer demand is weak as austerity measures take hold and they expect low demand in the first half.
Rahul Sharma, founder and managing director at Neev Capital, tells CNBC that while Louis Vuitton is the biggest luxury brand in the sector, because of its size it has been a 'broad bran'.
Ashok Shah, CIO at London and Capital, tells CNBC that banks have been given a ¿free lunch¿ borrowing at very low cost in order to boost their profitability.
Simon Colvin, analyst at Markit, tells CNBC that short sellers are definitely reacting to the upside and the average short interest in the Stoxx 600 is down 25 percent in the last couple of months.
A leading pan-European stock index fell on Thursday, hit by drops in brewing group AB Inbev and oil major Shell, and some expected further weakness in the near term.
Dirk Becker, head of banking sector research at Kepler Capital Markets in Frankfurt, says Deutsche Bank could have achieved the jump in its capital ratio by selling risk positions.
Scott Kessler, senior equity analyst at S&P Capital IQ, tells CNBC why Facebook's stock has been so indecisive despite a number of positives coming out of their Q4 earnings report.
Donald Broughton, managing director at Avondale Partners, tells CNBC why the collapse of UPS' deal to purchase TNT will benefit the company in the long term.
Roelof van den Akker, technical analyst at ING Wholesale Banking, takes a technical look at the DOW transportation index, the US 30-year T-Bond future and the euro/dollar exchange rate.
Subhranshu Sekhar Das, director of aerospace at Frost & Sullivan, tells CNBC why Boeing's battery investigation must discover the fault quickly or airlines they supply will be in trouble.
Olly Burrows, senior banks analyst at Rabobank, tells CNBC that the vast amount of legislation brought in after the banking crisis is now affecting credit flow to the real economy.
Barry Dixon, head of research at Davy Research, tells CNBC people are looking for more cyclical plays and good quality companies within defensive sectors.