Growth Mail Archive
This is where you can find all of our Growth Mail articles from Gary Alexander.
8-4-26: The Worst Midterm Election Reversals – Often Spark the Sharpest Market Recoveries
by Gary Alexander August 4, 2026 During August – a time of general torpor and doldrums on Wall Street – with sudden storm squalls on light volume, usually signifying nothing, I want [...]
7-28-26: An Undeclared New Gold Standard Has Quietly Returned
by Gary Alexander July 28, 2026 During this annual mid-summer stretch of market doldrums – usually running from mid-July to Labor Day – we can anticipate some depressing days watching our portfolio [...]
7-21-26: Is it Possible for a Nation to Be Recession-Proof – for 50 Years?
by Gary Alexander July 21, 2026 Two months ago, on May 19, after President Trump met Xi Jinping, China’s dictator-for-life (“Xi who must be obeyed), I asked “Is China’s Growth Dynamo Now [...]
7-14-26: Report from America’s Big Birthday Bash in Vegas
by Gary Alexander July 14, 2026 In the last 45+ years, I’ve served as MC, moderator, speaker – and sometimes actor – at over 120 economic conferences, including 40+ in New Orleans, [...]
7-7-26: America is Still the Economic Engine of the World
by Gary Alexander July 7, 2026 As we pause to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, let me fast-forward through our dearly departed past of 1776 – or the Industrial Revolution, or the post-World [...]
6-9-26: Gold is Down $1,000 Since January: Is the Gold Bull Market Over?
by Gary Alexander June 9, 2026 Most commentators are dissecting the reasons why the stock market declined last Friday, but gold also fell by over 3% (-$130 an ounce) on Friday, wiping [...]
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 [...]
5-19-26: 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 [...]