Asia's third stock slide may spur worldwide losses. Small investors' reactions could decide the market's next moves . Tech stocks led Monday's plunge. The Post's local stock index fell 5 percent Monday. Since '87, U.S. policymakers have woven a safety net .
Asian governments seem unwilling to heed foreign investors' calls for reform .
The crisis shows that economic links among nations are increasingly complex . More recent articles about the East Asian economy and the U.S. economy . A chronology of the Asian currency crisis . Share your portfolio plans in this discussion .