This month Brian reviews events in Australian and overseas markets during the final three months of 2013: how did markets fare in the last quarter of 2013? economic developments and key market drivers Read January 2014 Monthly Economic Update here By Brian Parker, CFA Senior Investment … [Read more...]

In the December 2013 edition of Market Update: Global economies continue to gain traction – expecting more synchronised global growth in 2014 RBA remains on an easing bias – lower Interest rate environment in Australia set to continue through 2014 Australian residential housing shows further … [Read more...]

The US economy has been growing solidly enough to warrant the Fed easing back on its QE program. You can read the full Investment Insight 2013 December here. by Brian Parker CFA Senior Investment Consultant MLC Investment Management … [Read more...]

This month Brian discusses: how world financial markets, supported by monetary policy stimulus, have continued to perform very strongly how global share prices are still running ahead of corporate earnings why many Australian companies have used the AGM season to hose down expectations about … [Read more...]

In the November 2013 edition of Market Update: US Government partial ‘shutdown’ dominated the headlines. Political game playing reached new high. US economy continues to grow, but at a slow pace. This month, the Australian dollar increased in value compared to most major … [Read more...]