* Threats to world financial system are rising, fund cautions * ‘Stretched’ valuations reminiscent of period before crisis Threats to the global financial system are rising, with the price of risky assets surging in a manner reminiscent of the years before the global financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund warned. Downside risks to world financial stability have increased “somewhat” over the past six months, the IMF said Wednesday in the latest edition of its Global

Join Dr. Ron Paul and Chris Rossini as they discuss the Feds Follies and why gold and silver are so important. What if, back in 2008, when Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch and many others were toppling like dominoes, someone said to you: “If you think this is bad, wait another decade, and an even bigger financial crisis will loom.” It would have been hard to believe, but it would have been correct. The same policies that created the 2008 crash were adopted and an

Mortgage Securitisation: Whose Loan is It Anyway? The UK’s millions of borrowers may feel they understand how their mortgages work but they could be in for a big surprise. Most lenders in the UK offer loans so that people can buy residential property, whether this is for their own use or as buy to let landlords. The mortgage acts as an additional security measure for the advance the borrower receives. Like most people, the borrower probably thinks the security is the property