Asia is moving towards becoming a domestically-led economic region, says David Roche, global strategist at Independent Strategy Ltd. He offers his analysis of Asia, to CNBC's Karen Tso.

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.

A higher bid for AXA Asia Pacific is not necessarily on the table, says Juliana Roadley, equity market analyst at CommSec. She speaks to Geoff Wilson, portfolio manager at Wilson Asset Management and CNBC's Karen Tso.

"An auction to remember" were the words of a Christie's top jewelry specialist after the auction house sold the 32-carat 'Annenberg Diamond' for a record $7.7 million. CNBC's Rebecca Meehan finds out whether money can be made in the glistening jewel and gem world.

"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.