being a bargain hunting moment for those investors who have a strong stomach. on the other hand, what really is going to be a telltale sign of what could happen here in the u.s. on monday is what happens actually sunday night. we re going to be watching the asian markets very closely, because this is going to be the first time for asia to react to what happened here in the u.s. so besides asia, particularly china, what were some of the other contributing factors that caused friday s selloff? you know, this has really been a perfect storm that s been brewing for a very long time. but then you ve got this pile-on effect. china s economy has been slowing for a long time. the thing is, it s kind of a known thing that china manipulates its economic data, fwhu the past month, china has been very publicly propping up its economy. it s been propping up its markets. and now there s this perception th that china is kind of losing its grip on how it s engineering the situation.