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Stocks head into the final day of July with the best monthly gain in a year, yet July's hot performance has only sparked debate about what August will bring.

Citigroup is to target wealthy US consumers in big cities with a revamped offering of accounts and credit cards, in the latest attempt to revive its North American retail bank.

Ulrich Leuchtmann, head of FX research at Commerzbank, says momentum in the euro is running out of steam. He explains why and shares his outlook on the European markets with CNBC's Chloe Cho, Yousef Gamal El-Din and Maithreyi Seetharaman.

U.S. second-quarter GDP due on Friday is likely to come in at 2.7 percent or lower, and could further pressure equities and risk trades, says Lee Wai Tuck, currency markets strategist at Forecast. He talks to CNBC's Chloe Cho, Yousef Gamal El-Din and Maithreyi Seetharaman.

The Indonesian rupiah has been one of the best performing Asian currency this year. Olivier Desbarres, director of FX strategy at Credit Suisse shares his outlook for the rupiah with CNBC's Oriel Morrison.

U.S. consumer confidence in July fell to its lowest since February. Patrick Bennett, chief strategist, global markets Asia at Standard Bank, is expecting a slowdown in the US economy in H2. He speaks to CNCB's Martin Soong, Sri Jegarajah.

Since the depegging of the yuan, the currency has risen just 0.71% against the dollar. Patrick Bennett, chief strategist, global markets Asia at Standard Bank, says the next major reform of the renminbi is unlikely to be announced until the National People's Congress in 2011. He speaks to CNBC's Martin Soong and Bernard Lo.

Discussing how undervalued the Chinese yuan is, with Chi Lo, head of overseas investment at Ping An of China Asset Management, Vasu Menon, VP, wealth management Singapore at OCBC Bank and CNBC's Bernard Lo.

Weekly jobless claims will again be a big event for Thursday's markets, and economists think the number will not really show any improvement.

CNBC's Mandy Drury discusses the day's top business and financial stories, and looks ahead to tomorrow's Closing Bell.

Portugal has become the first euro-zone country to agree to set aside cash – or other assets – against derivative transactions in a decision intended to reduce its funding costs.

Magnus Prim, chief strategist, Asia at SEB, forecasts the euro will reach $1.31 over the next month. He shares his outlook for the currency markets with CNBC's Chloe Cho, Yousef Gamal El-Din and Maithreyi Seetharaman.

The South Korean won has been a very good barometer of global trends, observed Adrian Foster, head of financial markets research, Asia Pacific at Rabobank. CNBC's Oriel Morrison asks him if the won's winning ways could continue.

Andrew Pease, investment strategist at Russell Investments, says there is some exceptional value in European markets. He tells CNBC's Oriel Morrison that the case for an 'overweight Asia' portfolio is no longer as strong.

Durable goods orders for June due Wednesday could have as much directional sway with stocks as the flood of earnings news coming from companies like Boeing, Conoco Phillips and Comcast.

Several directors of the International Monetary Fund's Executive Board believe the yuan is undervalued, but an annual report on China made no mention of the exchange rate being "substantially" below value.

Ahead of the release of Australia's CPI data, John Kyriakopoulos, head of currency strategy at NAB Global Markets Research, speaks to CNBC's Martin Soong & Sri Jegarajah about his forecast and what this means for the RBA's monetary policy.

Wong Sui Jau, GM of fundsupermart.com, is cautious on gold on the basis that it has already experienced a 9-year run. He shares his investment strategy in this edition of Protect Your Wealth.

From a risk perspective, Wong Sui Jau, GM of fundsupermart.com, says Asian debt looks attractive. He adds that Asian currencies are set to be buoyant compared with other developed country currencies. He speaks to CNBC's Martin Soong & Karen Tso.

Does the price action on major banks in Europe tell investors that the continent is now not a threat to risk appetite and that Wall Street can mount a sustained rally without a repeat of May’s negative blow-up?