Bloomberg The run-up to $100 oil is giving some investors pause.This year’s longest buildup of hedge-fund bets on higher Brent crude prices is faltering, with bulls retreating for the first time in six weeks. After fears of dramatic shortfalls from Iran sent the global benchmark on a tear and triggered speculation that it will reach three digits, the rally is …

Bloomberg US equity futures fell with European shares as fresh concern about Italy’s defiance of EU officials added to an already gloomy mood across stocks, with those in China tumbling after a one-week vacation ended. The dollar rose as Treasuries took a holiday before a busy week of debt sales. Oil companies and banks led the Stoxx Europe 600 Index …

Bloomberg If the Federal Reserve tightens US monetary policy too far, investors in the bull market’s biggest winners will feel the pain first, according to Bank Julius Baer & Co. That’s tech stocks. Strong economic growth will encourage the Fed to keep raising interest rates, even if the tightening sucks out more liquidity than financial markets can tolerate, said Yves …