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Jasper Lawler

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
18 November 2020

These 2 relative strength charts are a bad omen for tech stocks

Comparing the relative performance of the Nasdaq 100 and Russell 2000 indices as well as tech and financial stock ETFs offers some insight into a possible change in market leadership.

Asset Allocation ・ ESG
17 November 2020

Thematic investing using ETFs

Every so often a new theme or megatrend emerges in the world and exchange traded funds (ETFs) have become a popular vehicle for investors to take advantage.

Stocks ・ Technology
17 November 2020

Tesla stock pops on S&P 500 index inclusion- sell the news?

A group of Tesla investors have been buying TSLA stock for months in anticipation of S&P 500 inclusion. Now it’s happened, will they unload the stock?

Covid-19 ・ Markets
16 November 2020

Vaccine trade: Buying indices of where the virus hit worse

A new trade is taking shape this week of buying indices like Spain’s IBEX and Italy’s FTSE MIB following vaccine news from Pfizer/BioNtech and now Moderna

Stocks ・ Asset Allocation
16 November 2020

Growth vs. value investing. Which is best?

Growth investing and value investing are the names given to different investing styles. What’s the difference between the two- and which is ‘better’?

Stocks ・ Technology
13 November 2020

Fox Corp stock drops after Trump tweet storm [Investing in the media]

Fox Corp stock dropped after US President Trump vented about its election coverage. Will Fox rebound and what other opportunities are there in media?

Stocks ・ Crypto
12 November 2020

The 2 stocks that triggered the new Bitcoin rally can also benefit

Bitcoin just rose over $16,000 for the first time since January 2018- the month after it reached an all-time high. Which stocks stand to benefit from the rally?

Commodities ・ Energy ・ ESG
12 November 2020

Oil rose 10% in one day, time to look again at Big Oil stocks

Oil sprung higher this week, given a new lease of life by promising vaccine news. The oil price gains make beaten up Big Oil ...

Stocks ・ Forex ・ Macro
11 November 2020

Playing the reflation trade through the Kiwi dollar

The New Zealand dollar - affectionately known as the kiwi - just hit its highest level since March 2019. The currency stands to benefit from the 'reflation trade'.

Stocks ・
11 November 2020

Hedge fund repeats CDS trade that netted $2.6 billion in March

Billionaire Bill Ackman the founder of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital has put on another big trade betting against corporate credit markets. What has he done?

Stocks ・ Technology
10 November 2020

Zoom vs. Delta Airlines stock. Time to rotate?

Zoom and other ‘stay home’ stocks dived on news of Pfizer’s 90% effective vaccine, while airline stocks like Delta took off. Is this the start of a rotation?

Stocks ・ Commodities ・
10 November 2020

Cannabis stocks: Why they got smoked (..but are lighting up again)

Top cannabis stocks are up as much as 20% in the days following the US election but why did they drop so much since peaking in 2018 and is this the bottom?

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