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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.

Forex ・ Technical Analysis

14 August 2020

Reasons the dollar could bottom out

The trend in the USD is down and in currency markets it is usually a good idea to follow the trend BUT.... here are some reasons not to.

13 August 2020

China & US retail sales & Rosneft, Macau casinos

In the day ahead China and the United States release retail sales data, there is also Eurozone Q2 GDP and Russian oil giant Rosneft, Sands China and Wynn Macau report Q2 results.

Forex ・

13 August 2020

EUR/USD Fundamentals (part 1: Treasury-Bund yield spread)

The EUR/USD is the most traded currency pair in the forex market, and the most liquid asset in the world - so it pays to understand its fundamentals.

Stocks ・

13 August 2020

‘Apple One’ could get Apple to $2 trillion- and hurt Netflix, Spotify

Apple will launch Apple One alongside the new iPhone 12. That could take its valuation to $2 trillion, while hurting prospects for Netflix & Spotify.

12 August 2020

Stocks ・ Bonds ・

12 August 2020

NetEase earnings, jobless claims & debt auctions

Looking at the day ahead I’m watching earnings from NetEase and TUI - as well as US jobless claims and the third big day of US debt auctions.

Forex ・

12 August 2020

British pound near 5-month top as UK enters steep recession

The United Kingdom has just experienced a truly historic recession, with GDP falling -20.4% in the second quarter. What next for the British pound?

11 August 2020

Stocks ・ Macro ・

11 August 2020

Tencent earnings & UK GDP to crash 20%

Things to look out for in this day ahead are earnings from Tencent, Cisco and Lift - as well as the RBNZ rate decision, UK second quarter GDP and US CPI.

Stocks ・

11 August 2020

Room for Russian stocks to outperform with first coronavirus vaccine

Russian stocks might have just gained an edge in global markets after Russia approved the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine.

10 August 2020

Stocks ・ Macro ・

10 August 2020

Biden's VP Pick, UK unemployment & SoftBank earnings

In the day ahead I’m looking out for are UK unemployment and German ZEW data, earnings from Softbank as well as who Joe Biden picks as his VP running mate.

Stocks ・ Bonds ・

10 August 2020

Trump’s executive orders provide pandemic (& investor) relief

Stocks are higher and yields are flat on Monday in response to US President Trump issuing executive orders to extend economic relief to Americans.

10 August 2020

3 steps to go short ETFs as a hedge

Do you still believe in the long term growth of the companies you are invested in BUT want to save yourself from some potential short-term pain when the stocks drop?

9 August 2020

Stocks ・

9 August 2020

Swiss unemployment & Barrick Gold, Novavax

In the day ahead there is China inflation data, Switzerland’s unemployment rate and earnings from Barrick Gold, Marriott and Novavax.

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