Original article by Sally Rose
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 20 : 23-Feb-15

The S&P/ASX 200 shed 0.4 per cent on 20 February 2015, closing at 5,881.5 points. However, the Australian sharemarket has gained 8.7 per cent so far in 2015, and the benchmark index reached a year-to-date high of 5,915.7 on 18 February. There is agreement among six equities strategists that the S&P/ASX 200 will soon breach the 6,000-point level, although they do not expect it to reach the record high of 6,828.7 for another 2-3 years

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