Friday Fun

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 all know how important energy is to the modern world.  We’ve recently had a couple of instances demonstrate how messed up things can get when its supply is interrupted.  First was that freakish weather pattern which blanketed much of the nation in February as the Polar Vortex dipped lower than normal, pushing the power grid to the brink of failure in many areas.  Simulta

Classic relationships can be so romantic.  They can even inform our own ideas about the successfulness of our pairings.  Take Ethel and Fred Mertz.  I know Lucy and Ricky are the main characters, but their neighbors really crack me up.  Like Fred, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve looked for the price tag on some item my wife wants to get rid of because I thin

Movies are the perfect medium for a comeback story.  Most that come to mind are fictional.  The writers can concoct a variety of scenarios to facilitate the protagonist getting back up from whatever setback she’s encountered and triumph before the credits roll.  On occasion, a movie sets up an actor for a return to the Oscars.  Two that come to mind for me is John Trav

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