"Those who have knowledge don't predict, and those who predict don't have knowledge." Marc Faber, MD of Marc Faber Limited quoted Chinese poet Lao Tzu in his recent report, and talks about what he thinks will come of the Fed's recent rate cuts.

The evidence on the ground for default rates doesn't seem to back up the worst forecasts from the rating agencies. Matthew Cairns from Moody's Economy.com discusses what is actually happening with rates, specifically in Western Europe.

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates again Wednesday. Stefan Muller from Proprietary Partners Fund discusses the Fed rate cut and the global markets' behavior to it.

With rising wages and a lack of suitable career candidates and opportunities, Asia is facing several major challenges. Colin Tenwick, CEO of Stepstone, discusses the implications for Asia's market growth.

Despite the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates by 50 basis points Wednesday, global markets soldoff. Christian Gattiker-Ericsson from Julius Baer talks about the impact the rate cut has had on the markets.

The Hang Seng will fall to 22,000 within the week, says Francis Lun, general manager from Fulbright Securities, speaking to CNBC's Emily Chan.

Stephen Biggar, global director at Standard & Poor's Equity Research tells CNBC's Martin Soong that the second half of the year is a good time to enter the U.S. equity markets.

High crude stocks and cutbacks in refineries signal a weaker U.S. demand for oil, says Jonathan Leff, editor-in-charge, Asia Energy at Reuters, speaking to CNBC's Martin Soong and Stephen Biggar, global director, S&P Equity Research.

Stephen Biggar, global director, Standard & Poor's Equity Research, believes that the bond insurer industry is too concentrated, resulting in risk being unable to spread out when trouble hits. He speaks to CNBC's Martin Soong.

The yield curves for bond insurers need to be restored, says Stephen Biggar, global director, Standard & Poor's Equity Research, highlighting the credit crunch problems with CNBC's Martin Soong, Amanda Drury and Sri Jegarajah.

Boeing has abandoned its original plan to deliver 109 Dreamliners by 2009. Derek Sadubin, COO, Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation tells CNBC's Martin Soong, Amanda Drury and Arnold Gay that the delay may be a blessing in disguise.

The declines in the Eurozone and Japanese equity markets have exceeded the U.S., says John Kyriakopoulos, currency strategist at National Australia Bank, speaking to CNBC's Martin Soong, Amanda Drury and Stephen Biggar, global director, Standard & Poor's Equity Research.