The Week Ahead: Should China Drive Your Portfolio?

It was a rough week in the stock market as the major averages saw the heaviest selling since last September when investors were disappointed at the Fed's decision not too taper. The government shutdown in early October caused many others to sell in a panic just before the market bottomed. The latest catalyst was the poor economic news out of China, which spurred liquidation in many of the emerging markets, further depressing their currencies. Several notable earnings' misses from several stocks,...