US markets ended an interesting week with a whimper, with the major indices little changed on Friday (22 September) amid a mild bout of risk aversion after North Korea made - Dow slipped -10-points or -0.04% while the the broader S&P500 eked out a +0.06% gain. The NASDAQ inched +0.07% higher although Apple extended its recent decline with a -0.98% fall. The small capitalisation Russell 200 Index gained +0.49% to set a new record close. North Korea's foreign minister reportedly said his country may test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean to fulfill dictator Kim Jong Un's vow to take the "highest-level" action against the US. For the week, the Dow rose +0.4% and the S&P500 +0.09% (trading in its narrowest weekly range - a mere 12-points between its weekly peak and its low - since November 2014), while the Nasdaq lost -0.33%. The rhetoric between President Trump and North Korea heated up over the weekend, with Trump yesterday tweeting "Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at U.N.. If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won't be around much longer!".
