Doug Sandler, of the Riverfront Investment Group, and CNBC's Sharon Epperson discuss the problem of oil price manipulation and whether it's possible to invest profitably and safely in black gold.
Compass Group beat expectations with its full-year earnings Wednesday after an extensive cost-cutting strategy helped the catering group's bottom line. "The revenue outlook is flattish … but we would expect to grow the margins again," CEO Richard Cousins told CNBC.
"In 2010 I think equity markets will end the year much higher, but ... we've got a whole range of risk factors," Bob Parker from Credit Suisse Asset Management told CNBC Wednesday.