Posts Tagged ‘Brian Parker’
By MLC Market Watch Team
Friday, June 17th, 2011
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.
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Brian Parker video script.
Tags: Australian economic growth prospects, bond market, Brian Parker, consumer confidence, Economic and market
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By MLC Market Watch Team
Monday, February 14th, 2011
World sharemarkets have enjoyed a reasonable start to the year with economic news from the US, China and Germany boosting confidence.
In this update MLC’s Investment Strategist Brian Parker looks at:
- the domestic impact of the floods and Cyclone Yasi
- China’s accelerated economic progress, and
- what it means for return prospects.
View the February market update video here.
Download Brian Parker video script.
Tags: Brian Parker, Cyclone Yasi, market developments
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By MLC Market Watch Team
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
Despite world share prices rising by around half a percent in the last month, problems persist for the peripheral economies of Europe.
In this update MLC’s Investment Strategist Brian Parker looks at:
- sovereign risk and geopolitical risk concerns,
- key domestic economic data, and
- what it means for return prospects.
View the December market update video here.
Download Brian Parker video script.
Tags: Brian Parker, geopolitical risk concerns, market developments
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By MLC Market Watch Team
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
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:
- the performance of share and bond markets,
- the jump in the Aussie dollar, and
- what it means for return prospects.
View the October market update video here.
Download Brian Parker video script.
Tags: bond, Brian Parker, return prospects, sharemarkets, Shares
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By MLC Market Watch Team
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Concerns over the durability of the economic recovery still exist with markets losing some ground over August.
In this update, MLC’s Investment Strategist Brian Parker looks at:
- the performance of the debt and currency markets,
- Global economic growth indicators, and
- what it means for return prospects.
View the September market update video here.
Download Brian Parker video script.
Tags: Brian Parker, currency markets, debt, economic growth, return prospects
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