Growth Mail Archive
This is where you can find all of our Growth Mail articles from Gary Alexander.
2-19-20: Europe Will Recover … When PIGS Fly
by Gary Alexander February 19, 2020 Don’t look now, but some of Europe’s former PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain) are flying. While everyone is concerned about the coronavirus in China, I [...]
2-11-20: Will the Coronavirus Infect This Bull Market?
by Gary Alexander February 11, 2020 I just got off a cruise ship. Many others weren’t so lucky. They were detained indefinitely due to a suspected outbreak of the coronavirus among some [...]
2-4-20: Ending the Scourge of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse…is Bullish
By Gary Alexander February 4, 2020 Many youths are making a big deal out of the mess that we elders have left their generation. Teenagers lecture us about climate change. There is [...]
1-28-20: America Absorbed Three Huge Waves of New Workers in the Last 60 Years
by Gary Alexander January 28, 2020 The employment data just keeps getting better, month by month and week by week. For instance, the number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped [...]
1-22-20: A Tale of Two Markets – The Hot NASDAQ, the Cool Dow
January 22, 2020 So far this year, the NASDAQ Composite is up 4.64% (through Friday), but the small-stock Russell 2000 is up only 1.87%. In fact, the Russell 2000 went two weeks [...]
1-14-20: Is the Dow Entering “Escape Velocity” or “Cruising Speed”?
January 14, 2020 Last Friday, the Dow peaked above 29,000 for a few minutes then scuttled below that level to close at 28,823.77. There’s something about new round numbers that seems daunting [...]
1.7.20: Ending a Banner Year and Squinting Ahead with 2020 Vision
January 7, 2020 It’s a rare year when both stocks and gold rise by double digits, but everything seemed to rise in 2019, with gold scoring its best year since 2010, and [...]
12.31.19: A Year-End (and Decade-End) Summary
December 31, 2019 I have a much more pleasant task at the end of this year than last – when stocks closed 2018 on a dismal note, with the S&P and Dow [...]
12.24.19: December Markets – Dividing the Naughty from the Nice
December 24, 2019 Last Christmas Eve, Santa was in a funk. Retail sales were down 2.2% for the month and the S&P 500 was down 15% through the 24th. (This year, the [...]
12.17.19: Several Long-Running (3-Year) Dramas Come to an End
December 17, 2019 Like long-running movies rolling into the credits, several three-year dramas came to an end late last week. The Brexit vote of June 23, 2016 finally reached resolution when Britain’s [...]
12.10.19: Friday’s Jobs Report Shows that Growth is Alive and Well
December 10, 2019 This late in a long recovery, you don’t expect to see over 200,000 jobs added in a month, much less what we saw last Friday for the November totals: [...]
12.3.19: More Reasons for a Whole Lot of Thanksgiving
December 3, 2019 In the 11 months from Christmas 2018 to Thanksgiving 2019, the S&P 500 gained 34.1% and NASDAQ is up 40.6%. Therefore, it would be churlish of me to root [...]