china s economy. that could ripple out to the rest of the world. now, that s economics. politically, xi jinping faces a very big test. he holds maximum power and with it comes maximum responsibility. he must deal with this crisis and if he fails to perform, he s got a leadership problem. as far as our market is concerned, the virus may be holding it back just a little, but the impact seems to be fading, even as the crisis deepens in china. the dow is up 77 in premarket action. s&p up 6, nasdaq up 26. a modest bounce this morning. here s the story about america s stellar economy, which is not being recognized. larry kudlow told lou dobbs last night that european executives at davos were surprised at our economy s performance. they were not aware of trump s economic success, really? clearly, they don t get out enough or the hate trump media is alive and very well over there just like here, they only care about dragging our president and our country down. we ll deal with it.