Growth Mail Archive
11-24-20: Twenty Reasons to Be Thankful in 2020
by Gary Alexander November 24, 2020 Stop! Do not laugh. Don’t throw tomatoes: 2020 is the year everyone loves to hate. I was ready to write a column of semi-despair about how [...]
11-17-20: The DC Swamp Still Infects Our Nation
by Gary Alexander November 17, 2020 Congress first convened in Washington DC 220 years ago today, on November 17, 1800, in an unfinished Capitol building. Pretty soon, a bunch of them got [...]
11-10-20: The Market Soars on “The Best of All Possible Outcomes”
by Gary Alexander November 10, 2020 "Let us review: Chapter Eleven, Paragraph Two, Axiom Seven: If one dismisses the Rest of all Possible Worlds, One finds that This is the Best of [...]
11-3-20: The Path Toward Renewed Growth in 2021 – No Matter Who Wins
by Gary Alexander November 3, 2020 Maybe it was just a cosmic joke. In the second week of March, the moon was full, the clocks changed, and Friday fell on the 13th. [...]
10-27-20: Don’t Fear the Election Outcome – or Much Else
by Gary Alexander October 27, 2020 This is the last weekly MarketMail before Election Day, so the best news I can give you is that “Stocks Typically Climb, Regardless of Who’s in [...]
10-20-20: Inflation Remains Low Because “Velocity” Has Fallen Off the Table
by Gary Alexander October 20, 2020 Last week (October 14-17) was the 46th annual New Orleans Investment Conference, and I’ve been a speaker, MC, and/or panel moderator there for the last 37 [...]
10-13-20: The Market “Reads History,” So it isn’t That Depressed by 2020
by Gary Alexander October 13, 2020 News articles, even in the market-friendly Barron’s or Wall Street Journal, keep asking how and why this market keeps rising in face of the (you name [...]
10-6-20: Gross Output (GO) Finally Reaches Par with GDP
by Gary Alexander October 6, 2020 “Though not one in 1,000 recognize it, it is business, not consumers, that is the heart of the economy. When businesses produce profitably, they create income-paying [...]
9-29-20: Fourth-Quarter Market Gains – Normally, and in Election Years
by Gary Alexander September 29, 2020 Tomorrow marks the end of the third quarter and the dismal market month of September. It’s also the beginning of the historically powerful fourth quarter. Like [...]
9-22-20: Rapid Income Growth – Before “Covidus Interruptus”
by Gary Alexander September 22, 2020 America was well on its way to unprecedented growth among all strata of society until the China virus invaded the world. Even if 2020 turns into [...]
9-15-20: Lessons from the Anniversary of Three Great 21st Century Crises
by Gary Alexander September 15, 2020 Today marks the six month anniversary of the coronavirus lockdown – plus the 12-year anniversary of the “Lehman moment” (September 15, 2008), when the Great Recession [...]
9-9-20: Beware Mid-September Attacks on Wall Street
by Gary Alexander September 9, 2020 This week, Wall Street traders return from their Labor Day weekends and August vacations, but the protesters may return to New York, too. Friday marks the [...]