Australia's wheat exporters will face greater challenges in finding buyers for the 2009/10 crop due to ample global supplies and a strong Australian dollar, grain handler GrainCorp said on Wednesday.

Big banks are roaring back. At crisis' edge last year, they are repaying billions of dollars dumped into their vaults to rescue them. Dividend checks are accumulating at the Treasury. Taxpayers won't recoup the full sum of the government's unprecedented infusion to the financial sector, but the returns are ahead of schedule.

As the holiday season fast approaches, food seems to be on everyone's minds. But does food also whet the investor's appetite?

The dollar will continue its decline at a “gentle rate,” the Nikkei 225 should be avoided, and the food sector is well-placed to join the mining industry and move the markets, Robin Griffiths from Cazenove Capital told CNBC Monday.

Global stocks began the week in the green Monday, with gold prices hitting a new record high above $1,167 an ounce. Experts told CNBC risk aversion is coming back despite the rise in shares.

Shares of Sony Corp fell to their lowest in nearly four months on Friday after the electronics maker announced a new business strategy that failed to encourage investors of its growth prospects.

Risky assets have risen too much, too soon and too fast, but investors won't get an obvious sign that a correction is starting and will have to gauge fundamentals, Yogi Dewan, founder of Hassium Asset Management, said Thursday.

French food group Danone cut its medium-term sales growth target on Wednesday but said it would increase free cashflow by more than two-thirds by 2012 as it aims to outpace its competitors.

Global stocks were mostly lower Thursday as concerns about the pace of the recovery reared its head. Experts told CNBC they expect dollar weakness for some time to come and suggest staying out of cash.

Brazil took another step on Wednesday aimed at containing the appreciation of its currency, unveiling a 1.5 percent tax on certain trades involving American Depositary Receipts issued by Brazilian companies.

Volatility in the financial markets is expected to continue into 2010, but to a lesser extent, said Louis Cheung, group president of China's Ping An Insurance . However, he said despite a strong recovery in the domestic economy, China would not be immune to the global market turbulence.

Global stocks and commodities rebounded on Wednesday, with gold rising to a fresh high near $1,150 an ounce. Experts told CNBC stocks are likely to rally through until the end of the year.

It’s a ‘delicious situation’ in the markets as the values of silver and stocks are both climbing after closing out of their shoulder-head-shoulder trend, Chris Zwermann, global strategist at Zwermann Financial, told CNBC Wednesday.

As the economic slowdown peters out and recovery shoots arise, governments are still making good on their promises of infrastructure spending in their massive stimulus packages. And it may be just the time for investors to make money off these government-initiated projects.