If you are looking to invest in London's property market, buy something that is already built, advise Tim Murphy, MD at IP Global. He explains why to CNBC's Martin Soong.

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

Joel Stainton from SEB Future Sales takes a technical look at the euro versus the dollar, the Eurostoxx 50 and stocks versus bonds.

Eivind Holding, CEO of Maersk Line, tells CNBC's Managing Asia that Asia is the strongest region right now and he sees a lot of activity there.

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

Expect a tough year ahead for Incitec Pivot, says Todd Kerslake private client adviser at RBS, speaking to Glenn Rosewall, managing director and CEO of BBY and CNBC's Karen Tso.

The CEO of Abu Dhabi carrier Etihad Airways, James Hogan, told CNBC that advance ticket sales for the first quarter of next year are stronger than the same quarter a year earlier. “That’s a good indicator that maybe we are starting to see those famous green shoots now,” he said.

The Nikkei 225 closed 0.2% higher Monday after Japan's GDP data showed a better-than-expected 4.8% rise. The Nikkei's Ken Moriyasu has the details.