All three segments were up this week, despite more US tariffs being announced and the US capital being placed under emergency control by the federal government. For investors, such events are now a normal-ish level of background noise. In the high-level adjusted view, the Operators segment was the best performer – up 1.97% this week. The Vendors segment scored a 1.02% gain, and both were ahead of the Indexes segment that we use to provide wider stock market context, which grew 0.53% this week. Starting with the Vendors, there were 21 gains and 9 losses. The best performer was Apple, up a massive 11.72% this week, after CEO Tim Cook (Apple) presented President Trump with a personalized gift meant to…