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Jasper Lawler

Jasper Lawler has accumulated over twelve years of experience in the financial industry. He held positions as Senior Market Analyst at City of London-based CMC Markets, Client Relationship Manager at GAIN Capital and was a stockbroker for Westrock Advisors in Midtown Manhattan, New York (including during the 2008 financial crisis). His introduction to trading was as a proprietary Forex trader for FX Signs, a Hong Kong-based asset manager. Jasper has a bachelor’s degree in finance and economics from Lancaster University, England. He has held the FINRA Series 7 license for Financial Advisors and the National Futures Association (NFA) Series 34 license for Retail-Off Exchange Forex. He is also a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) charter holder.

Technical Analysis ・ Asia ・ Markets

13 January 2021

These 5 China stock indices are breaking out above multi-year peaks

The charts of major Chinese equity benchmarks are pointing to a new multi-year bull market.

Forex ・ Banks

12 January 2021

Too soon to call a bottom in the US dollar but Fed tapering talk is reason to prepare

The US dollar has been battling higher this week with DXY rising back through the key 90 big figure and EUR/USD down 200 pips from a 2-year high. Is there more to come?

7 January 2021

Triathlon training develops traits needed for investing

Tired of bunkering down under house arrest in 2020? Triathlon is the complete opposite – a pure outdoor endeavour for 2021 that might even improve your investing results!

Stocks ・ Politics ・ Markets ・ Europe

6 January 2021

UK’s FTSE 100 could be an unlikely winner from an American blue sweep

The largest components of the UK blue chip index lend themselves to the ‘reflation trade’ emerging from a possible Democratic sweep of the US government.

Stocks ・ Commodities ・

5 January 2021

Georgia runoff spike could start a 'laggard trade' in gold mining stocks

Early signs are that gold mining stocks continue to attract interest from investors in 2021 with hopes for a possible 'laggard trade' to chase the high price of gold.

Crypto ・ Technical Analysis

4 January 2021

Ethereum trading goes wild! New ATH possible before futures launch next month

Ether (the Ethereum token) soared to $1150 in wild weekend trading before slumping back under $900 within hours. Is there more than FOMO behind the moves?

Stocks ・ Crypto

31 December 2020

Investment themes for 2021 and beyond

We have identified our top six themes with which to base your investment in the coming year.

Stocks ・ Macro ・ Investing

28 December 2020

Has the pandemic setup another Roaring Twenties? 1920 vs. 2020

Unsurprisingly after such uncertainty in 2020, there is a wide dispersion of forecasts for 2021, from boom to bust. Jim Cramer and others expect a boom...

Commodities ・ Macro ・ Crypto

24 December 2020

10 stories to remember from financial markets in 2020

The covid-19 pandemic means 2020 is a year for the history books, not least in financial markets where records were broken, and new trends were born. Here’s our top 10

Stocks ・ Markets

16 December 2020

Looking for EM opportunities? Indian stocks are hitting new records

Indian benchmark indices the Nifty 50 and the Sensex are rallying to record highs as investors look through the pandemic in search of growth, notably in emerging markets.

Stocks ・ Macro

15 December 2020

Short-sellers feeling so much pain they might be about to gain!

Short-sellers have been driven out by an influx of covid vaccine-infused market optimism. Interest in selling short is so low that it might start to work!

Forex ・ Politics

14 December 2020

What happens to the franc if the US labels Switzerland a currency manipulator?

The Swiss franc is the top G10 FX riser in 2020 despite direct intervention from the SNB that could land the country labelled as a currency manipulator.

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