Turkey's leading mobile company, Turkcell reported a 78% rise in first-quarter net profit last week, continuing to rise in a slow market. Sureyya Ciliv, CEO of Turkcell, talks about the opportunities in the telecom market.

The uncertain outlook for equities and bonds combined with the fundamental attractiveness of property provides a solid foundation for investment, according to Alan Zlatar, CIO of Portfolio Management at Rued Blass & Cie.

Fortis rolled out a worse-than-expected 31% drop in first-quarter net profit, offsetting gains from ABN Amro. Wim Zwanenburg from Degroof Netherlands analyzes the bank's results.

Many insurers are not directly exposed to the financial turmoil, according to Alec Foster, chairman of HIM Capital. He told CNBC that Far East insurers can be used as a defensive play.

UK defense and services company VT Group beat forecasts with a 20% rise in underlying full-year profit. Paul Lester, CEO of VT Group, discusses the company's earnings and possible Ministry of Defense contract.

TUI Travel trimmed its pre-tax loss for the first half of 2008 and says it is on track for merger synergies. Peter Long, CEO of TUI Travel, spoke to CNBC about the outlook.

Corporate earnings results are falling right across the board, Michael Browne from Sofaer Global Research told CNBC Tuesday.

Manooj Mistry from Deutsche Bank considers whether now is the right time to invest in exchange traded funds, specifically short ETFs and money-market ETFs.

The Nymex Crude Oil charts are still pointing higher and investors should be looking to buy the dips, according to Sandy Jadeja from ODL Securities. Jadeja also takes a technical look at the Dow and FTSE-100.

The latest inflation number for the UK economy is punchy. The analysts were looking for CPI at a little over 2.5 percent - the annualized figure as delivered is 3 percent. April came in at 0.8 percent. Food and energy prices are making it hard for the Bank of England to cut interest rates. This should be supportive for the British pound. But the market smells blood.