European shares closed lower Tuesday after disappointing US economic data. Stephen Gallo from Schneider Foreign Exchange and Peter Thal Larsen from Reuters discuss the outlook.

Nicole Elliott from Mizuho Corporate Bank takes a technical look at the yield on Swiss and Canadian 10-year bonds.

WestLB received a last-minute lifeline Tuesday as Germany's Finance Ministry confirmed that an agreement had been reached to help the stricken lender. Lothar Mentel from Octopus Investments and CNBC's Silvia Wadhwa have analysis.

UK bank Lloyds launched the world's largest cash call Tuesday, at a 60% discount to Tuesday's closing price. CNBC's Carolina Cimenti has this report.

The euro zone services sector grew at its fastest pace in 2 years in November. However, economists warn that the pace of recovery will be slow. Rob Dobson from Markit has more.

Max Knudsen from PIA - First.com takes a technical look at the dollar versus the yen, the euro versus the yen and the pound versus the yen.

"I think the FSA has done a really rather bad job over the years," Roger Nightingale from Pointon York told CNBC Monday. The Bank of England should be the main regulators of the banking industry, Nightingale added.

"We need a much more stable supply of credit through the cycle," Lord Adair Turner, chairman of the FSA, told CNBC Monday. That may mean less credit overall, but would make credit more available during a financial crisis, he said.

Cyril Beuzit from BNP Paribas has the lastest from the fixed-income market.

The Nikkei 225 is showing some worrying and bearish characteristics, Clive Corcoran from Tradewithform.com told CNBC Friday.

The newly formed role of EU president won't have much influence at this stage, but could if Europe moves toward a more unified bloc, James Shugg from Westpac Bank told CNBC Friday.

The Nikkei 225 is losing support at critical levels and could fall toward the 9,000-point level or lower, Phil Roberts from Barclays Capital told CNBC Thursday. Roberts also takes a technical look at oil.

Initial enthusiasm over Infineon's results quickly evaporated Thursday despite the company easily beating expectations in the fourth quarter. Peter Bauer, CEO of Infineon, spoke to CNBC.

What will the new European Union President mean for investors? Julian Pendock from Senhouse Capital considers the outlook.

European leaders were due to cast their votes for the first President of the European Union Thursday. CNBC's Carolina Cimenti spoke to former Latvian President Vaura Vike-Freiberga for her opinion on the role.

The price of European basic resources looks set to keep pushing higher, Geoff Wilkinson from Mint Equities told CNBC Wednesday. Wilkinson also takes a technical look at oil and the DJ Stoxx 600.

Emerging markets are still favored by most fund managers, according to Gary Baker from BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. Baker discusses the findings from the latest fund managers' survey.

US interest rates are likely to be on hold for some time and the dollar is likely to stay weak, Maurice Pomery from Strategic Alpha told CNBC Wednesday. Bob Parker from Credit Suisse considers the Fed's exit strategy.

Nicole Elliott from Mizuho Corporate Bank takes a technical look at Eurodollar interest rate futures and Treasury yields.

"On the Chinese side, the chance that they're going to let the renminbi strengthen enough to make a difference is about zero," Philippa Malmgren from Principalis Asset Management told CNBC Tuesday. Adam Cole from RBC joined the discussion.