In the high-stakes game absorbing the euro zone, the stronger economies have got to show their hands to help restore stability, a former central bank official told CNBC Monday.

Recapitalizing insolvent European banks such as Bankia is a "necessary evil", but some should still be allowed to fail, Sean Corrigan, chief investment strategist at Diapason Commodities Management, ...

David Sneddon, managing director at Credit Suisse, joined CNBC for a technical look Euro/Dollar, the 10 Year German Yield, and the S&P 500.

Diego Iscaro, senior economist at IHS global economist, told CNBC, "The election is very difficult to call, a week is a long time in Greek politics and we still have four weeks until the election, ...

Greece will leave the euro zone on June 18 if the populist government wins the country's elections on the 17 as the rest of the euro zone rounds on "cheaters," Nick Dewhirst, director at wealth ...

Adrian Schmidt, FX strategist at Lloyds, told CNBC, "I think there is a good chance of a decent short squeeze on the euro, certainly it will depend on what polls we get out over the next couple of ...

Marc Ostwald, strategist at Monument Securities, told CNBC, "Today has been an interesting division in the way asset classes behave because you have had the euro get a bounce from those polls, you ...

The deepening euro zone crisis is threatening the integration of Eastern European nations into the single currency area, the Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) ...

Nick Dewhirst, CEO of Integral Asset Management, told CNBC, "The easiest way to understand it is in terms of the ordinary human level, nations are just very large numbers of human beings and it is ...

Andrew Sentance, former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee and Senior Economic Advisor at PWC, told CNBC, "The ECB is trying to ensure that it stands behind the banking system ...

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Sabine Schels, senior director and global commodity strategist at BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, told CNBC, "At the moment we really need to be worried about the downside, it is clear that the ...

Hugo Dixon, editor at Reuters Breakingviews, told CNBC, "The problem with fully fledged fiscal union is that I just don't think the people of Europe are ready for it and if the elite try and force ...

James Caan, chairman, StartUp Loans Fund, told CNBC, "We have got around a million young people out of work right now so what you've got is some young budding entrepreneurs out there, who have got ...

The Indonesian Rupiah has been under pressure since the beginning of the year, falling close to 4 percent, as investors look to exit riskier assets.

Stocks just about managed to snap a three-week losing streak on Friday but the FTSE is still down nearly 7 percent for this month; selling at the beginning of May would have been a very smart move. For ...

Erik Berglof, chief economist at EBRD, told CNBC, "The euro zone is still a meaningful concept for these countries but if it was to disappear that would have a very negative impact on these countries ...

Greece will try to attract investment by becoming more "business-friendly" and cutting taxes, a politician from right-wing New Democracy, which is leading opinion polls at the moment, told CNBC ...

Stephane Deo, head of global asset allocation at UBS, told CNBC, "The problem is Bankia is not alone there are a lot of other banks who are undercapitalized and have a lot of toxic assets on their ...

Chris Waterman, EMEA head of insurance at Fitch Ratings, told CNBC, "We have done some stress testing at Fitch we have identified that the majority of European insurance companies are not overly exposed ...

The Nikkei's Nozomu Kitadai provides an overview of the trading day in Tokyo.

Malcolm Graham-Wood, senior advisor at VSA Capital, told CNBC, "The refineries who would normally take a lot of crude on board and be ready for this driving season they are taking a very pragmatic ...

Kit Juckes, global head of foreign exchange strategy at Societe Generale, told CNBC, "The opinion polls are too close to call at this point, it seems that the Greek electorate are more scared perhaps ...

Ron William, technical analyst at MIG Bank, joined CNBC for a technical look at the US non farm payroll deceleration, latest US dollar gain led by safe haven flows and the S&P 500 reversal.

Notis Mitarakis, alternate head of economic policy for New Democracy, told CNBC, "Eighty percent of Greeks would like Greece to remain within the euro zone; the problem we are now facing is a very ...

Richard Longdon, CEO of Aveva, told CNBC, "I think we do talk ourselves into a crisis sometimes but it is very difficult if you have got a company like Aveva where we have got a solid business but ...

While the corruption case against the joint chairmen of Asia's biggest developer Hong Kong's Sun Hung Kai Properties will lead to share price volatility over the next 12 months, analysts say the company ...

Sean Corrigan, chief investment strategist, at Diapason Commodities Management, told CNBC, "The banking industry is almost 100 percent intangible assets on both sides of the balance sheets so you ...

European shares were called to open the first day of the trading week higher following opinion polls showing the Greek pro-bailout parties leading at the weekend.

The recent panic selling of Asian stocks on fears of a possible euro zone break up is almost over with most indices in the region having bottomed out, says one analyst, who recommends buying now as central ...

The euro edged higher against the U.S. dollar in Asian trading on Monday morning after new opinion polls showed Greece's conservatives, who support the bailout, had gained over the anti-bailout Syriza ...

Leif Eskesen, Chief Economist for India and ASEAN at HSBC, says Indian economic growth is constrained and that policy paralysis is holding back reforms. He expects Q1 GDP growth to hit 6.1% year-on-year....

Patrick Noble, Senior Investment Specialist, Zurich Investments says companies looking to refinance their debt will see a positive impact on their bottom line if a rate cut happens.

Mark Roberts, MD, Global Head of Research, RREEF Real Estate says retail and industrial property in Asia present attractive investment opportunities.

Clay Carter, Head of International Equities, Perennial Investment Partners says while U.S. economic growth is sub-par, many American companies are positive about their businesses.

Neil Jensen, Director, Allied International says the Hong Kong property market is on a 'roller-coaster' ride, depending on which public figure is talking about it. There is also a lot of caution on the ...

Erwin Sanft, Executive Director, Deputy Head of Asian Equities Research, BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) says he expects the government to act more directly to turn China's economy around. He adds that growth ...

Oil prices will likely extend losses for a fifth-straight week as fears about a Greek exit from the euro zone and Spain's banking system continue to trigger outflows from riskier assets, according to CNBC's ...

Eswar Prasad, Senior Professor of Trade Policy, Cornell University says it is not tenable for Greece to remain in the Euro Zone as it ends up being an uncompetitive economy. However, it might be better ...

Martin Apfel, President, Southeast Asia, General Motors says that demand fundamentals in Thailand and Indonesia are strong.

Thailand's recovery from devastating floods in 2011 is on track with the country's tourism, auto and electronics sector rebounding. But the euro zone debt crisis could hurt the export-driven economy.

Charamporn Jotikasthira, President, Stock Exchange of Thailand, said Thailand should be able to withstand the shock of 'Grexit' and a pullback of investments from Europe.

Laura Fitzsimmons, VP, Futures & Options, JPMorgan Investment Bank says investors should be short riskier assets like currencies and equities and wait for a short-term bounce to ride out the uncertainty....

Ric Spooner, Chief Market Analyst, CMC Markets says that gold will likely outperform in the commodities sector.

To call the continent's current predicament a "debt crisis," as virtually everyone does, is to obscure its true nature.

China stocks are set for more weakness this week as concerns about the EU and China's own economy linger. Eight out of ten brokerages surveyed by the China Securities Journal forecast downside.

Flash-sale websites such as Gilt Groupe and Ru La La were hailed as disruptors in the ecommerce space, but recently there's been a bit of a disruption in their success story, prompting some to wonder if ...

Discussing whether America is safer when Congress takes a break, with Bernard Whitman, Whitman Insight Strategies; Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post; and John McLaughlin, Republican pollster.