Original article by Jessica Sier
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 25 : 12-Jan-17

There are a number of market thresholds that Australian investors should take into account when determining their portfolio strategy for 2017. These include the 20,000-point level for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and 6,000 points for Australia’s benchmark S&P/ASX 200, parity between the US dollar and the euro, $US60 a barrel for crude oil and a US bond yield of 2.6 per cent.

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DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE INDEX, STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX 200 INDEX, DOUBLELINE CAPITAL LP, CREDIT SUISSE (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED, ORGANISATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES, THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCORPORATED, MICROSOFT CORPORATION, WALT DISNEY COMPANY, McDONALD’S CORPORATION