Authored by Bill Blain via MorningPorridge.com,

"For on one side lay Scylla and on the other divine Charybdis terribly sucked down the salt water of the sea."

Nothing to worry about… except Pandemic, Bonds, Inflation or Deflation, Record Container Prices and Geopolitics? Is there any chance of compromise and a deal on the US infrastructure package everyone agrees is necessary – or will it sink into the partisan swamp? And Cathie Wood talks up her investment strategies – but what's the substance behind the leading Zeitgeist Investor?

It's been a "digestive" kind of week in market… Among other things figuring out the how, if and when of possible new coronavirus threats, and if mutations and panics could trigger new lockdowns. As we watched the sun go down from the yacht club veranda while yesterday's glorious summer came to its end, we were calculating the odds of whether the lad's ski-trip in Feb 2022 will actually happen!  Hope so.