UBS revealed it has $26.6 billion in exposure to US subprime mortgages. The Swiss bank also reported a loss for the fourth quarter Thursday. Philippe Gijsels from Fortis Bank, and Stephen Gollop from Tyche, discuss UBS's dilemma.

US markets bounced Tuesday on billionaire Warren Buffet's offer to reinsure some of the municipal bonds. So how will they fare Wednesday? Donna Heidkamp from RJO Futures has a preview.

The Bank of England quarterly inflation report left the door open for at least one more interest-rate cut as inflation is seen as falling short of 2% if rates are held at their current 5.25%. Rob Carnell from ING has analysis.

After the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 75 basis points a couple of weeks ago, Charlie Morris from HSBC Investments is heavily overweight on US energy, materials and industrial stocks, as well as biotechnology, but not financials.

Shares of the world's biggest lock maker were amongst the losers on the Swedish market Wednesday after it reported earnings slightly below analysts' forecasts. Johan Molin, president & CEO of ASSA ABLOY, speaks about the company's cautious outlook.

South Korea's central bank kept rates on hold at 5% Wednesday, but raised expectations of a rate cut later this year. Young Sun Kwon from Lehman Brothers speaks about South Korea's economy.

Japanese stocks closed 0.4% higher Wednesday, having given back some of their earlier gains. Ken Moriyasu from The Nikkei has the details.

UK average earnings increased slightly more than expected in January. Dr. Holger Bahr from DekaBank has analysis.

There's a lot of uncertainty in Asian equity markets at the moment, according to Jing Ulrich from JPMorgan Securities. Edmund Shing from BNP Paribas Arbitrage joins in the discussion.

Michael Ryan from UBS Wealth Management is overweight in consumer staples and health care stocks, but says it's not yet time to invest in financial firms.

Visto announced it is to team up with T-Mobile Tuesday to give pre-paid phone customers 'push email' access for the first time. Brian Bogosian, CEO of Visto, has the details.

It was a shining moment for platinum Tuesday as the precious metal hit a new record. Sunil Kashyap, MD of Scotia Capital, talks about the investment opportunities in the metals sector.