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June economic and market developments

MLC Market Watch Team — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:03:16 +0000

Since last month’s update, markets have become increasingly concerned over the durability of global growth and sovereign risk concerns surged again, leading to a drop in world share prices of around 3%.

In this update MLC’s Investment Strategist Brian Parker looks at:

bond market movements
consumer confidence levels in Australia and internationally, and
Australian economic growth prospects.

View the June market update video here.

Download Brian Parker video script.

MLC Fund Performance Update May 2011

MLC Market Watch Team — Fri, 06 May 2011 00:59:05 +0000

In comparison to last month, many of the world’s major sharemarkets recorded good gains in local currency terms.

In this update, MLC’s Senior Investment Specialist John Owen looks at:

the standout performance of the German market
the mixed sharemarket results from Asia, and
what it all means for your MLC investments.

View the View the May market update video here.

Download John Owen John Owen video script.

MLC Fund Performance Update April 2011

MLC Market Watch Team — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 23:50:27 +0000

The devastating earthquake in Japan affected markets all over the globe with the overall economic impact still to unfold.

In this update, MLC’s Senior Investment Specialist John Owen looks at:

the sharp falls across sharemarkets
the portfolios’ exposure to Japanese equities, and
what it all means for your MLC investments.

View the View the April market update video here.

Download John Owen John Owen video script.

MLC Fund Performance Update February 2011

MLC Market Watch Team — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 06:05:39 +0000

With sharemarkets in the US, France and Germany all performing strongly, January provided some good returns for investors.

In this update MLC’s Senior Investment Strategist John Owen looks at:

factors which influenced the Australian sharemarket
the solid performance of both Australian and global property, and
what it all means for your MLC investments.

View the View the February market update video here.

Download John Owen John Owen video script.

MLC Fund Performance Update December 2010

MLC Market Watch Team — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:30:37 +0000

Global sharemarket returns were muted in November resulting in an unexciting month for investors.

In this update, MLC’s Senior Investment Strategist John Owen looks at:

the strong performance of Germany for the year,
solid returns by managers Sands Capital and Harding Loevner, and
what it all means for MLC investments.

View the View the December market update video here.

Download John Owen John Owen video script.

MLC June economic and market developments

MLC Market Watch Team — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:30:04 +0000

Ongoing European sovereign debt concerns continue to impact markets and investor confidence. In this update, MLC’s Investment Strategist Brian Parker looks at:

the persistant issues with Greece and Europe
the mixed bag of economic numbers in Australia, and
what it all means for investors.

View the June market update video here.

Download Brian Parker video script.

MLC Fund Performance update May 2010

MLC Market Watch Team — Tue, 11 May 2010 01:46:21 +0000

As April was a month of mixed fortunes for sharemarkets, what has it meant for MLC funds?

In this update, MLC Senior Investment Strategist John Owen looks at:

the impact of ongoing soverign risk concerns in Europe
in contrast, the encouraging news coming out of company earnings reports, and
how MLC funds have fared

View the May MLC Fund Performance Update video here.

Download John Owen video script.

MLC Fund Performance Update April 2010

MLC Market Watch Team — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:01:34 +0000

With sharemarkets continuing to perform well in March, what has it meant for MLC funds? In this update, MLC’s Senior Investment Strategist John Owen looks at:

monthly and one year returns for the MLC Australian Share Strategy
the performance of the bond markets, and
what it means for the MLC Balanced and Growth Funds

View the April MLC Fund Performance Update video here.

Download John Owen video script.

MLC Fund Performance Update March 2010

MLC Market Watch Team — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:30:14 +0000

With February a good month for sharemarkets, what has it meant for MLC funds? In this update, MLC’s Senior Investment Strategist John Owen looks at:

MLC Australian Share Strategy performance in February
the outperfomance of MLC Australian bonds managers, and
what it means for the MLC Balanced and Growth Funds

View the March MLC Fund Performance Update video here.

Download John Owen video script.

MLC income distributions update for February 2010

MLC Market Watch Team — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:55:06 +0000

This document provides you with an overview of MLC funds quarterly distribution and individual fund commentaries for February 2010.

The document also includes a Q&A which should answer your questions about distributions for MLC MasterKey Investment Service and MLC MasterKey Unit Trust investment options.

MLC Distributions Update – February 2010 (PDF, 78KB)