Capital Connection

Mark Taylor, Senior Resources Analyst, Morningstar, says BHP earnings were a little below their expectations and discusses the miner's prospects.

Shailaja Nair, Managing Editor, Asia CED at Platts joins us from the studio. She says it's the fears over Straits of Hormuz that has kept oil prices at $100 per barrel

Chris Roberts, CEO, Cochlear says, by December 2011 their weekly output was at record levels, and they have been able to wrap up quickly due to flexibility in manufacturing.

Peter Hickson, Global Commodities and Basic Materials Strategist at UBS, says a Greek default would be a negative outcome for most commodities, but could potentially be positive for gold and oil.

Peter Hambro, chairman at Petropavlovsk, told CNBC, "we are principally gold miners in the far-east of Russia, we have four operating gold mines, we have been here operating since 1994 so we have lived through a lot of different presidents and governors, we started with five guys and we are now 16.5 thousand employees, it has been a fantastic success story."

Nick Verdi, VP of FX Strategy Research at Barclays Capital, explains how ECB action is supporting the euro.

John Vail, Chief Global Strategist of the Investment Strategy Group at Nikko AM, explains why he's overweight Japanese equities despite the challenges dealt the economy over the past year.

Ker Chung Yang, Investment Analyst at Phillip Futures, says Iran will be the biggest casualty if oil exports to Europe are halted.

Todd Elmer, Currency Strategist at Citi, discusses expectations of European policymakers to address tail risks for the euro. He also explains why he prefers smaller currencies.

Alistair Fullerton, Global Head of Strategy at IND-X Securities, discusses uncertainty in Europe and why Greece remains a top priority on the EU agenda.