Friday Fun

Since Atlas started back in 2009, we’ve held 10 Pie Parties each year (we go dark in November and December).  They are simple events designed to be an open dialogue with the attendees.  As the name suggest, guests are served pie and beverages as we discuss the topics du jour.  Covid-19 shut these down last year, but we started them back up at the end of March in a

What an era to be alive.  Americans have no shortage of entertainment options.  We’re just beginning to be able to see movies in theatres again; Broadway is planning its return; visits to amusement parks are part of the nation’s reopening; and our at-home selection of programs to stream is robust.  Binge watching is available 24/7.  But it wasn’t always thi

Homophones are a regular source of typos for me as I write these notes.  One came to mind earlier this week when thinking about statistics.  Meghan Trainor was not thinking about year-ago lookbacks for economic indicators when she and Kevin Kadish wrote this song (its video has over 2 billion views).  

Each day Atlas takes raw data and turns it into useable information as we monitor risks in our managed portfolios.  Our proprietary algorithm processes figures from billions of dollars trading hands during market hours here in America.  Scouring the globe for useful data can be exhausting.  You can imagine the relief our processors experienced when we found a firm offering its Fe

Energy is an abstract yet familiar concept.  We all have some idea as to what it is when we hear the word.  I know to reach for a cup of coffee if I feel like I’m lacking it.  It stands alone on one side of probably the most widely known, albeit less-than-intuitive, equations ever.  Thank you, Professor Einstein.  Adding to its mystique for us mere mortals, physic

Coronavirus keeps impacting the global economy in unforeseeable ways.  Early on there were shortages of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).  This caused some folks to jump into action and funnel the badly needed gear to hospitals and first responders.  Then there were stories about the glass-packaging industry being under pressure to produce enough vials for vaccines.  And