07/07/07 - Big Trouble in Little China
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "The FDA recently blocked the sale of five kinds of farm-raised fish from China: shrimp, catfish, eel, basa and dace, due to possible contamination." 06/16/07 - Side Effects of Ethanol Dependency
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "The amplified demand for corn has also caused farmers to shift their fields to make room for corn, decreasing the supply of other grains, such as soybeans and wheat." 06/09/07 - And Then What?
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "So, China has $1.2 trillion in reserves, and they are thinking, 'What to do, what to do?'…Why not invest a few billion of that in American companies?" 05/19/07 - Boycotting the Boycott
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "All the usual suspects are in place for high gas prices - refinery problems, increased summertime demand and the like, yet consumers are indignant - even shocked - at the increase in prices." 05/12/07 - Where's the Boom?
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "Using the mighty force of Fed-speak, Helicopter Ben and Ol' Bubbles helped to push the Dow back up. They should really think about using their awesome powers to fight crime." 04/28/07 - Good Questions - Tough Answers
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "A theme that keeps coming up when we talk about important points in the documentary is the U.S. dollar and its position in not only the everyday lives of Americans, but in the world." 04/21/07 - Overheating or Under Control?
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "The consensus with Chinese economists and foreign market experts is that there is time to steady this surging economy - if they take the correct measures." 04/16/07 - Not-So Great Expectations
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "The American consumer is cautiously looking over the rim of their rose-colored glasses and holding on tight to their pocketbook…at least for the time being." 03/24/07 - Set Up to Fail
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "More and more Americans are failing to keep up with their mortgage payments, finding themselves stuck in loans whose costs keep rising…" 03/03/07 - The Jolt Felt 'Round the World
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "Finally. On Tuesday, something - albeit briefly - took the place of Anna Nicole coverage on MSNBC and CNN…" 02/17/07 - A Birdy for Bush
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "Ricky Martin - yes, of "Living La Vida Loca" fame - had a special message for President Bush during a recent concert. He flipped him off." 02/03/07 - Trillion Dollar Question
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "This past Wednesday, your DR editors, double-fisting extra large Dunkin Donuts coffee, hopped on the train and traveled to the belly of the beast…" 01/13/07 - House of Pain
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "And here's what really had the housing bulls salivating: On December 27, the Commerce Department reported that sales of new one-family homes rose 3.4 percent in November from October." 12/30/06 - 2006 - The Year In Review
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "As we sifted through 12 months of issues of The Daily Reckoning, we realized that 2006 has been a pretty interesting year. From Greenspan's departure, to hybrid car mania, 2006 never kept us bored." 12/09/06 - You Call This a Rally?!
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "Surge. Rally. Rebound. Comeback. All of these words were being thrown around in the news this week, and not in reference to any sort of sporting event." 12/02/06 - An Economy on the Edge
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "Big Ben isn't the only one with problems looming overhead - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson faces the challenge of tempering the dollar's decline…and it does not look like that will be an easy feat." 11/12/06 - Why Are We Like This?
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "'Why are you like this?' she asked, as we explained to her more about Empire of Debt and what we do at the Daily Reckoning. 'Why write, day in and day out, on such an utterly depressing subject?'" 10/28/06 - Put Your Crash Gear on For This Soft Landing
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "While many argue that housing has hit the bottom already, via a 'soft landing'; here at The Daily Reckoning, we think we still have a ways to fall. Of course, we don't have a crystal ball, but we would get the crash gear on - just in case." 09/24/06 - Great Scott! The Future of Alternative Fuels
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "'The year is 2015 - and all of the cars are zipping around in the air, Jetsons-style, due to a "hover conversion.'" 09/10/06 - A User-Friendly Fed
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "The markets react to everything: hurricanes, wars…and every word that comes out of the Fed Chairman's mouth."
09/02/06 - No Child Left Behind?
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "If you look at college tuition over the past 30 years, you'll see that it costs around triple of what it did in the 1970's." 08/19/06 - Housing Slump Gains Momentum
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "Almost every single house was being renovated, every car that drove by on the steep roads was a pick-up filled with laborers, ready to work on these homes perched precariously on the side of the hill." 08/05/06 - Putting a Hault to the Hikes?
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "We've always thought that the seemingly never-ending supply of homebuyers would run out sooner or later - either that, or people would wise up and hold back to see where the market will go."
07/22/06 - Vancouver, Here We Come
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "The DR HQ has been a flurry of activity this week as we prepare for Tuesday's Agora Financial Wealth Symposium in Vancouver, British Columbia." 07/08/06 - Read Between the Lines
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "Go back through all the ECB meeting minutes, you'll see that in each meeting prior to a rate hike, Trichet uses the word 'vigilant.' Well, at Thursday's meeting, he said 'strong vigilance' is needed."
06/25/06 - Fed Follies
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "The rate-hike campaign has its two-year birthday this month, and this next hike will bring the Fed's key short-term target to 5.25 percent."
06/11/06 - Worldwide Addiction
by Kate "Short Fuse" Incontrera "Of course, to build up an economy to that point, it takes a lot of energy - and China's growing dependence on imported oil has raised more than a few eyebrows."
06/02/06 - Bad IDea
by Short Fuse "This past Thursday, the House approved this set of rules that will force states to issue every adult American citizen an electronic ID card. The bill was approved by a 261-161 vote." 05/14/06 - Plaza-ite
by Kate Incontrera" When you think of the Plaza Hotel, you probably don't immediately think of international finance ministers cooking up economic policies - but on September 22, 1985, that's exactly what occurred there."
04/30/06 - Exotic Mortgages Begin to Reset - Look Out Below!
by Kate Incontrera "Last year, more than 40% of the buyers in the real estate market were in it for the first time…" 04/22/06 - The Next Great Depression
by Kate Incontrera "What will the next Great Depression bring? How will Americans survive in our day-to-day lives?" 04/08/06 - Lights, Camera…Empire
by Kate Incontrera "We're not trying to sell our audience a 'happy ending' - after all, we're not convinced there will be one. But we do think it's important to educate the average American on what is really going on with their country…" 03/19/06 - The Enron Guide to Economic Management
by Kate Incontrera "After a nice stretch of relative dollar strength, this past week saw the greenback's biggest weekly loss in six weeks."
03/12/06 -Mutiny on the Hill
by Kate Incontrera"Duncan Hunter introduced a bill barring not only the DP World deal - but ALL foreign ownership or management of "critical infrastructure" such as ports."
03/04/06 - Where Have All The Buyers Gone?
by Kate Incontrera "What gives? It seems like just yesterday, people were willing to sign their life away for a McMansion. Why is there is now more inventory than buyers, when for the past four years, homes have been selling like hotcakes?"
02/25/06 - Beggars Can't Be Choosers
by Kate Incontrera "The pundits in Washington are still pushing these protectionist measures, doing their best to squash the deal with Dubai and trying to stop trade with China by imposing high tariffs or forcing a Chinese currency revaluation."
02/18/06 -Ignorance Is Bliss
by Kate Incontrera "Ben Bernanke stepped up to the plate as new Fed chairman this week, attempting to put out fires and soothe fears…He told everyone exactly what they wanted to hear…but that doesn't make it the truth." 02/11/06 - The Debt Made Me Do It
by Kate Incontrera "We hate to be the ones to break the news…but U.S. federal debt is at $8.2 trillion - and growing every second. That leaves each and every American's portion of the federal debt at over $27,000." 01/28/06 - Catching-Up With Commodities
by Kate Incontrera "It's been an interesting few weeks in the natural resource markets…sugar hit a 24-year high…crude oil prices are still on the rise…and natural gas demand is, much to everyone's surprise, down." 12/31/05 - 2005: The Year in Review
by Kate Incontrera "Well, it's that time of year again. Time to look back one last time before hopping into the New Year."
12/18/05 - Surrender, Christmas!
by Kate Incontrera "Hmmm…we'd heard about the War on Terror, the War on Poverty, the War on Drugs - but the War on Christmas? This was news to us." 12/10/05 - Road Trips and Market Signs
by Kate Incontrera "Your editors recently took a road trip cross-country. During the four-day journey, many things struck us: how flat and windy Oklahoma is…and that you can learn a lot about our country by just reading the signs."
11/20/05 - Dreaming of a Gold Christmas
by Kate Incontrera "Last Thursday, gold for December delivery rose $7.80, or 1.6 percent, to $486.90 an ounce, the highest close since January of 1988." 11/12/05 - What?! There's A Real Estate Bubble?
by Kate Incontrera "In the words of the Mogambo Guru: Hahahahaha! Of course there's something to this 'bubble idea'! 11/05/05 - Market Mentality
by Kate Incontrera "Once a month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics release reports to show how many jobs have been added in the past month, what the unemployment rate is, and other fun facts." 10/16/05 - The New American Dream
by Kate Incontrera "Living in the suburbs - away from the city, away from the hub of American commerce - has been ingrained in us. Suburbia is the new American dream…"
09/25/05 - Forces of Nature
by Kate Incontrera "Not much happened this week…well, except the fact that the second hurricane in less than a month threatened the Gulf Coast."
09/18/05 - Every Cloud Has a Gold Lining
by Kate Incontrera "Consumer confidence is at an all-time low, energy prices are skyrocketing, and global inflation concerns are pushing down Treasury bonds. However, there is one winner in all of this - gold."
09/03/05 -When The Saints Go Marching In…
by Addison Wiggin and Kate Incontrera "Hurricane Katrina did more than devastate the South - she destroyed the image that the United States had been working so hard to upkeep and cultivate over the years." 08/27/05 - What Would Jesus Drive?
by Kate Incontrera "After the recent highs in gas prices, 'WWJD?' is showing up on the bumpers of cars - the unspoken message being - Jesus probably wouldn't get behind the wheel of a gas-guzzling SUV."
08/20/05 - Homeland Insecurity
by Kate Incontrera and Kevin Kerr "I was told to sit and wait as the officers from Homeland Security perched on their desk and looked down from four feet above me. The room was dingy and poorly lighted; it was like being in a low-budget film." 07/30/05 -Burn Me Once…
by Addison Wiggin and Kate Incontrera "BP, the world's second largest publicly traded oil company, is under even more scrutiny after the second explosion in four months rocked their oil refinery in Texas City." 07/23/05 - Just a Blip on the Radar
by Kate Incontrera "The past seven days were full of news - bombings in London, a nuke threat, a currency revaluation. But all of these events failed to make more than a blip on the radar - in daily life or on the markets."
07/16/05 - Financial Crack-Cocaine
by Addison Wiggin and Kate Incontrera "We can all sleep a little better tonight knowing that the world-improvers in Washington are closely monitoring the housing market." 07/09/05 - Oil Storm
by Addison Wiggin and Kate Incontrera "Oil has been called 'the life-blood of America.' What happens if it suddenly runs dry? Read on…"
06/26/05 - How The West Was Lost
by Addison Wiggin and Kate Incontrera "The biggest bubble in history expanded a bit more this week…could it be approaching its limits?" | 
