Diversifying into Asia and emerging markets saved Europe's largest bank from having to cope with subprime-related writedowns, Ralph Silva, research director at TowerGroup, said.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to lift rates to a 12-year high of 7.25% after annual inflation accelerated to a 6-year high in Feb., according to a private measure of prices. Glenn B. Maguire from Societe Generale Hong Kong discusses the economy.

Japanese shares took a serve hammering Monday with the Nikkei 225 closing lower by over 4%. Nozomu Kitadai from The Nikkei has the details.

UK inflation is picking up and could stop the Bank of England from cutting interest rates as much as they would like, Michael Taylor from Lombard Street Research, said Monday.

As the dollar remains near record lows against the euro and yen, Chris Tinker from ICAP, and Puru Saxena from Puru Saxena Limited, consider where the US currency will go from here.

Futures indicate a lower open for US markets Friday, as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments weigh on global markets. Tom Hougaard from City Index has a preview to the trading day ahead.

Gold and oil hit new records late Thursday and the dollar hit a 3-year low vs. the yen Friday. David Joy from RiverSource Investments, and Marco Annunziata from UniCredit Markets & Investment Banking, discuss what is driving these major market movements.

The euro zone's Jan. inflation and unemployment figures were broadly in line with expectations. Kenneth Broux at Lloyds TSB Financial Markets gives a reaction to the numbers and how the economy is holding up.

Inflation is at the center of India's new budget, which was revealed Friday, with the goal to control food prices. James McCormack from Fitch Ratings discusses the plans and how they will affect economic growth.

The Nikkei 225 Average tumbled 2.3% Friday as the yen rose to a 3-year high vs. the dollar. The Nikkei's Ken Moriyasu has an update on how the market traded.

The price of oil and gold hovered near record highs Friday. Nick Parsons from nabCapital Markets and Nicu Harajchi, CEO of N1 Asset Management, discuss the rallying commodities.

Despite several decent days for the US market, the weak real estate sector and US economy is driving the negative sentiment, Charles Lemonides from ValueWorks told CNBC.