Plus, the U.S. confirms that the Chinese balloon it shot down wasn't checking the weather in Iowa.
Even an "immaculate soft landing" in the United States may not be good news for Asian stocks, which face a range of pressures.
All three stand to impact the markets, with the last of the trio potentially swinging market sentiment wildly from day to day.
The latest way to gamble on market direction has become 'zero days to expiration' options or what Wall Street now refers to as ODTE options.
After rapid gains since the start of November, the rally in Hong Kong and China stocks has come unstuck in February as U.S.-China tensions flare again.
Similar to China's discouraging demographics released last week, Japan faces the big challenge of an ageing population that isn't replacing itself.
Many markets in East Asia are closed part or all of next week for the lunar holiday as China braces for the busiest travel period of the year.
The flexibility of the ETF structure gives you several ways to either sidestep Chinese opportunities amid the emerging markets or play them as you see fit. Here are some options.
I tend to doubt that a U.S. investor is going to exert much influence over a Chinese firm.
CEO speak will be as important as anything the Fed Heads say this week or anything that spills out of the clown car in Davos.