COVID-19

What drives a trend?  I think in short, its human psychology.  Take the trend in pets for instance.  Out of seemingly nowhere, “small animals” have become all the rage.  In a survey from the American Pet Products Association, it was noted that last year 6.2 million households kept small an

Petri dish metaphors are totally appropriate for an economics-oriented note during a global pandemic.  Julius Richard Petri invented the eponymously named Petri dish.  This simple tool is used along with a growth medium to culture cells of things like mosses, yeasts, bacteria, and fungi.

Atlas tries hard to avoid controversial topics.  We exist to help clients manage risk through a variety of environments using a proprietary method of market analysis.  But we’ll tangentially touch on topic today that comes with some contention here in America because the title above was too good not to use: Masks.

We are officially a year removed from one of the most memorable days of last year.  Yesterday marked the anniversary of Tom Hanks disclosing his positive covid-19 test result.  It was also the day the National Basketball Association (NBA) suspended it 2019-2020 season; this halt was particularly challenging to yours truly because hopes of a Lakers championship were high then

Income and outlays data provide an important and frequent look into the state of our economy.    Of course, income is, for the most part, a necessary condition for spending.  Outlays, in the report on personal consumption expenditures (PCE) represents over two-thirds of our nation’s output.  Both were mixed in October 2020 according to the Bureau of Economic Analy

Zombies are occasionally the subjects of fictional works.  These undead, horror-related characters are found in books, music videos, movies, and video games.  Often pathogens infect them, turning a once lively person into no more than an animated corporeal without other human essences.  Once an individual transitions, they may become a vector of the disease for which there is no