The Hang Seng Index is likely to trade in a higher range, between 22,000-25,000 points, from now till March 2010, predicts Vicks Poon, head of investment advisory at Fubon Bank. He tells CNBC's Emily Chan why.

Justin O'Brien, senior advisor at Citi, discusses the implications of Sinosteel's hostile takeover offer for Midwest, with CNBC's Oriel Morrison.

The euro zone services sector grew at its fastest pace in 2 years in November. However, economists warn that the pace of recovery will be slow. Rob Dobson from Markit has more.

Government stimulus in Asia has been far more effective than it has been in the West, says Jaspal Bindra, CEO (Asia), Standard Chartered, speaking to Managing Asia's Christine Tan.

Dante Peters from Magus Financial Management and Jason Witcombe from Evolve Financial Planning joined CNBC to give their advice to investors.

The Australian market is a great place to be invested at the moment, says Juliana Roadley, equity market analyst at CommSec. She speaks to Tony Morriss, strategist at ANZ Bank and CNBC's Karen Tso about the gold miners.

As the holiday season approaches, food is on everyone's mind. Soaring demand from China and India, along with other factors like natural disasters, biofuels and population growth, have boosted food prices. CNBC's Steve Sedgwick finds out whether soft commodities can whet an investor's appetite.

"A massive spike in US Treasury rates" is "one of the issues we have on our radar screens as a potential black swan," William Skeean from Edge Capital Partners said Monday. "A spike up in interest rates would be detrimental both to credit and to equities if unanticipated."