MLC Market Watch

While sharemarkets around the world were up in September, bond yields have generally fallen back as central banks maintained their conservative stances.

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

• key global and domestic economic indicators,
• the 0.25% cash rate rise, and
• what it means for return prospects.

View the Novembe market update video here.

Download Brian Parker video script.

The 2009 Federal Budget was one of the more significant in history, as the Rudd Government outlined measures designed to guide the Australian economy out of the Global Financial Crisis.

Budget updates will be uploaded on Wednesday 13 May as soon as they become available.

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This article applies to MLC MasterKey investors with holdings in the Colonial First State Wholesale Income Fund option.

On 10 March 2009, we highlighted Colonial First State’s second withdrawal offer for their suspended Colonial First State Wholesale Income Fund.

The deadline for submitting switch requests is 3pm on 3 April 2009.

For more information, including links to a switch offer guide and the relevant Switch Forms, click here.

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