Day trading pre-market open December 15

Morning traders. Thanks loungers, especially @Ravgnome, @Patterns, @oldfluffy and @sobar.

Overnight round-up and day ahead: "ASX Today: Inflation spooks Wall Street ahead of Fed meet"

Breakfast

Today is Homecoming Day in Alderney, one of the Channel Islands between England and France. The holiday celebrates the return of islanders forced to flee the German invasion during WWII. The evacuees spent five years on the mainland, returning on December 15 1945. The island's current population is just over 2,000. Apologies for the size of the photo - only breakfast shot I could find. Got to say, even in miniature the English Channel doesn't look as inviting as the Mediterranean or Caribbean did earlier this week.