Growth Mail Archive
This is where you can find all of our Growth Mail articles from Gary Alexander.
6-2-26: Forget the 1930s Market – The 2000-09 Crash Was Worse!
by Gary Alexander June 2, 2026 We should stop fearing “another 1929” and pat ourselves on the back for surviving an even worse decade. As it turns out, the decade ending in [...]
5-27-26: Happy 130th Birthday, Dow Jones Index
by Gary Alexander May 27, 2026 A couple of Wall Street journalists assembled the top dozen stocks on the Big Board 130-years ago this week, creating the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), [...]
5-19-26: Is China’s Growth Dynamo Now Running on Empty?
by Gary Alexander May 19, 2026 The press is awash with differing views of the results of last week’s Beijing summit between President Trump, with his business-oriented entourage, and China’s Xi Jinping, [...]
5-12-26: America is Running Economic Laps Around Europe
by Gary Alexander May 12, 2026 As we passed the 81st anniversary of Victory in Europe (V-E Day, May 8, 1945) last week, it brought to mind how well that continent recovered [...]
5-5-26: Happy Birthday, Karl Marx: When Will Your Ideas Disappear?
by Gary Alexander May 5, 2026 “Practical men, who believe themselves to be exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices [...]
4-28-26: A Call to Action (Like Getting a Job) on “May Day”
by Gary Alexander April 28, 2026 Over 60-nations now celebrate May 1st as a worker’s holiday. Major countries observing Labor Day on May 1 include China, France, Germany, Russia, Brazil, India, Italy, Spain, [...]
4-21-26: Growth Is Not a Dirty Word (and Neither is Wealth)
by Gary Alexander April 21, 2026 When some of my left-leaning friends and family members see my column, called “Growth Mail,” some express a knee-jerk reaction, such as, “We shouldn’t seek more [...]
4-14-26: On Taxes: The Laffer Curve in Action…and in the Arts
by Gary Alexander April 14, 2026 “Taxation is the art of plucking the goose so as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least amount of hissing.” -- Jean-Baptiste Colbert, [...]
4-7-26: China’s Coming Sinking Spell Implies Rising U.S. Growth
by Gary Alexander April 7, 2026 Thirty-years ago this month, I helped lead a group of 32-subscribers of a global investment newsletter in a tour of “The Real China,” led by Keren [...]
3-31-26: When Spring Feels Like More Winter
by Gary Alexander March 31, 2026 “Now is the Winter of our Discontent ….” – Shakespeare, “Richard III” (opening), 1597 “If Winter comes, can spring be far behind?” – Shelley, “Ode to [...]
3-24-26: With Wars and High Oil Prices, Why is Gold Lower?
by Gary Alexander March 24, 2026 With wars and inflation, why is gold lower? Short answer: Gold is only lower short-term, as the Fed looks like they will keep rates high, and [...]
3-17-26: Ireland is Europe’s Strongest Economy – Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
by Gary Alexander March 17, 2026 In 2025, Ireland won the gold medal for growth in Europe, as its GDP soared 10.7% for the full year, with low inflation (under 2%), and [...]