The Importance of Market Indicators in the Case of an Invasion

An index of economic policies indicating military intent, you have nothing to benchmark against. Most investors and companies are not going to start really moving large amounts of money or assets until it's a certainty that something really bad is happening. The point is don't depend on markets to save you, predictably. It has to be there are other signals that could be the things that Xi Jinping says that are not synchronized with previous statements.