This one’s a bit late, but it’s month 35, and when they’re late it reminds you “oh that was a poor month, but I’ve long forgotten about it and it the scheme of things, it doesn’t matter.”
According to my account I sent 1x contribution on the first day of the month and made the buy(s) that day. Split 50/50 between global value and Australian high yield. I also had half a contribution sitting in cash, which I allocated to global infrastructure. The product provider said they were cutting the interest on the cash part of the account, so there’s no point leaving anything but a tiny amount of cash in the account.
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Slightly annoying, but I get it’s in their interest to push people towards their cash like managed fund, but I’ve never really understood the point of a money market fund. Being required to do an in and out transaction to hold a cash like product you’re charged a fee on, is ridiculous to me.
As far as the returns, the first of May was the high point for the month. I guess that’s something to consider in the future. When investing in an environment when interest rates are likely to move, early month transactions might result in a swift kick in the nuts! However, I’m not trying to second guess markets, so I’ll just keep doing what I’m doing.
Until next month. 
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