A September 20 post, citing Reuters via IRIB News, reports that Gulf stock markets declined in early trading following recent attacks on Riyadh. Separately, Mohamed El-Erian’s weekly outlook describes rebounding sovereign yields and rising energy pressures as markets enter the new week. Another commentary argues for tail-risk hedging—protection against rare, severe losses—while acknowledging that some war reporting could be wrong and that markets could rise, fall significantly or crash.