Column: Debate on safety of reverse mortgages for U.S. seniors heats up | | CHICAGO (Reuters) - Foreclosure is a frightening word - especially if the person losing her home is a senior living on a modest, fixed income. And some housing advocates worry that the number of foreclosures has risen sharply among one group of seniors: those who have taken out reverse mortgage loans. | | | | | Activist investors' demands rejected more in 2017: data | | BOSTON (Reuters) - Corporate chiefs said "no" more often to activist investors in 2017 who approached them with ideas on how to run their businesses and demands to sit on their boards, new data from research group Activist Insight show. | | | | | U.S. stock pullback stokes fears of more volatility | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tuesday's stock selloff on Wall Street set traders in the options market fretting about a near-term shock to equities in a way they have rarely done since U.S. President Donald Trump took office a year ago. | | | | | U.S. pensions seen adding bonds, paring stocks: Wells Fargo | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. pensions are expected to shift more money into bonds and out of equities to rebalance their holdings at month-end in the wake of strong gains in the stock market in January, Wells Fargo strategists said on Monday. | | | | | | | | Related Video | | | | | | | | | Related News | | | | | | | | | | | Counterparties is a curated snapshot of the best finance news and commentary around the web. Register Today | | | | | | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today | | | | » » MORE NEWSLETTERS | | |