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It’s not that hard.  You throw the ball.  You hit someone. 

Unless, of course, they dodge it. 

**Originally sent to email subscribers on October 5, 2018***

America’s stock markets attained a couple of milestones this week: the longest bull market ever and, ironically, the longest correction since 1961!  How can we reconcile the two?

Clairvoyance is not part of the Atlas investment algorithm.  Endeavoring just to interpret current data is challenge enough.  In fact, since various agencies and institutions revise past data with some regularity, even seeing the past sometimes proves difficult.  Nevertheless, we do have a crystal ball and dusted it off at the most recent pie party to make some bold predictions.&

Atlas is a peaceful bunch.  We don’t like wars, including those revolving around trade.  But everywhere one looks it seems like nations are turning their backs to one another.  Instead of finding new ways to work together and prosper, countries are looking for new barriers.  This is not just a recent phenomenon.  Brexit started off two years ago as the U.K.

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold – W. B. Yeats

A Mahayana Buddhist tale describes two birds, the Kankucho, who live high atop the world's tallest mountains.  It's always cold there, so too are they.  Every night Mrs. Kankucho cries out "I'm freezing." and Mr.