Peter Lai, director at DBS Vickers Securities, tells CNBC's Emily Chan why Asian markets are shrugging off last Friday's worse-than-expected rise in U.S. October nonfarm payrolls.

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

Max Knudsen from PIA - First.com takes a technical look at the euro versus the dollar, the dollar versus the yen and sterling versus the yen.

The global financial crisis did not present that many acquisition opportunities for YTL, says its managing director, Francis Yeoh. He tells CNBC's Managing Asia why.

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

Major resource companies and banks are sector picks for Glenn Rosewall, CEO and managing director of BBY, speaking to Mike Elliott, global mining and metals leader at Ernst and Young and CNBC's Amanda Drury.

“There’s a risk in the market that we could be seeing potentially a bond collapse in the coming months,” Laura Smith from Mako Financial Markets told CNBC Monday. This risk is putting traders “on high alert to any signs of hawkishness,” she added.

"People have been waiting for a dip to get long these markets," Piers Curran from Amplify Trading told CNBC Monday. Last week's dip in stocks was probably the last opportunity for investors to get in before the end of the year, he added.