Markets Close, Missiles Open? Why the Iran War Rumor Keeps Returning (opens in new tab)

A familiar pattern is circulating again, the kind that spreads fastest late in the week when traders are packing up their screens and geopolitical Twitter starts buzzing louder than usual. The claim is simple and ominous: the US military is positioned to attack Iran on Friday, right after financial markets close. It sounds cinematic, almost too neatly timed, and that’s precisely why it deserves to be treated carefully. This exact structure has appeared before in different forms, sometimes abo...