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Fund Bets Brent Oil Will Rise Toward $100 as Risk Premium Grows

(Bloomberg) -- One fund is taking on a cheap long-shot bet that Brent crude will climb toward $100 a barrel amid revived tensions in the Middle East, even as industrywide pessimism saw banks across Wall Street revising price forecasts lower. Most Read from BloombergICE Eyes Massive California Tent Facility Amid Space ConstraintsHow Britain’s Most Bike-Friendly New Town Got BuiltThe Dark Prophet of Car-Clogged CitiesWashington, DC, Region Braces for ‘Devastating’ Cuts from CongressNYC Plans for F