Geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty continued this week as a slew of weak data out of Asia and a weak print for the U.S. first quarter GDP continued to cause analysts to question the true state of the globally connected economy.

It was an interesting week as a massive data leak out of Panama shook the global political landscape, and the U.S. Treasury and the Obama administration combined forces and essentially attacked American businesses who choose to move their headquarters to countries such as Ireland to lower their tax bills, calling them unpatriotic.

It was a volatile week in markets as the first quarter of 2016 came to a close. Gold saw its best performance for a quarter since 1986 even as the U.S. dollar saw its worst quarterly performance since 2008.

This week our hearts go out to the families of those who were injured or lost their lives in the terror attacks in Belgium, the latest European country to be hit by the growing terrorist threat that is known as the Islamic State.

The U.S. Federal Reserve was the main source of market movements this week as it held its Federal Open Market Committee meeting to determine the course of monetary policy in the U.S.

Volatility in oil and moves by the European Central Bank this week continued to trigger extensive volatility in U.S. stock markets.

Stock market volatility continued this week, seeming to hinge heavily on improvements in the price of crude oil.

It was yet another volatile week in stock markets as both the U.S. and Europe continued to react to weakening global economic data.

It was a shortened trading week in the U.S. due to the President’s Day holiday this week.

U.S. and European stock markets continued to suffer this week as poor economic data, fears over the state of the European banking system and a continued decline in the price of oil due to ongoing massive over-supply all kept stock investors on edge.