Big-money investors single out the biggest risk to markets over the next year

Reuters Geopolitical risk is the biggest fear in markets right now, according to a Barclays survey of over 700 institutional clients. The firm says it’s a combination of developments on the Korean peninsula, tensions with Russia, political turmoil in Saudi Arabia, Brexit, and less predictability in US foreign policy. Sometimes there’s no bigger fear than […]

We asked 6 big-money investors about their biggest fears — and they all had the same answer

AP Images / Bernd Kammerer What keeps you up at night? It’s a question you’d expect to draw a wide range of responses when posed to investors responsible for tens of billions of dollars. After all, it’s not exactly as if there’s a shortage of anxiety-inspiring headlines floating around each day. But as Business Insider […]

Demand for the mysterious ‘glass eel’ has turned into a risky, big-money business

Doug Struck, Christian Science Monitor JUNE 7, 2017 ELLSWORTH, MAINE—The rains had slacked with the tide, and a full moon glimmered smoky through the clouds. At 1 a.m., Julie Keene tucked her red hair under a baseball cap, pulled waders over her cammies, and invaded the Union River to see if she had caught elvers. […]