Global stock markets were rattled this week, as investors fretted over the brewing war of words between the U.S. and North Korea.
U.S. President Donald Trump warned North Korea on Tuesday that any threat to the U.S. would be met with "fire and fury".
Pyongyang hit back at those threats on Wednesday, branding Trump's warnings as a "load of nonsense".
On Thursday, North Korea's state media kept up its anti-U.S. rhetoric, saying the nation will develop a plan by mid-August to launch intermediate-range missiles at Guam, where the U.S. has a large military base.
The ominous exchange of words between Washington and Pyongyang kept investors on edge.
The escalating tensions prompted investors to dump assets seen as riskier, such as stocks and high yielding currencies, and flock to traditional safe haven assets like the yen, Swiss franc and gold.
