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FEBRUARY 23, 2025 OBSERVATIONS

Friday’s selloff in equities came as a surprise, especially considering the week was largely a mixed bag on the economic data front. The intermediate moving...

February 16, 2025 Observations

CPI and PPI surprised higher, but markets rebounded to all-time highs, signaling risk-on sentiment. Strong data supports a 90s-style boom, with tech speculation leading. Equities...

FEBRUARY 9, 2025 OBSERVATIONS

A mixed bag out of jobs and unemployment data followed by shockingly high one-year inflation expectations ravaged markets on Friday. Trump’s tariff talk seems to...

Jasper Capital

ANNUAL REVIEW – 2024

Much of 2024 was governed by fluctuating probabilities between a soft landing, a hard landing, and a return of inflation.

Quarterly Review – Q3 2024

In Q3 2024, equities were choppy, gold outperformed, and high-risk assets like bitcoin stayed flat. The portfolio underperformed but is expected to recover by year-end,...

Quarterly Review – Q2 2024

The narratives driving much of the action in Q2 2024 were the higher for longer play out of the Fed, in response to inflation, coupled...

Personal Philosophy

Economic Principles Part 1. Twelve Key Elements of Economics

The source material for each principle in this summary is drawn directly from Common Sense Economics. Below, I outline twelve key principles from the book,...

On Skin Care (Part 2)

In part 2 I describe the strategies used by skin care companies to convince you to buy their over-the-counter products.

On Skin Care (Part 1)

The simple philosophy behind my effective skincare routine: what’s good for your health is good for your skin. Make you health a top priority every...

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I'm Nicky

Welcome to my trading and personal philosophy journal. What you will find here are:

  • My views on financial markets
  • My personal investment performance
  • Principles for living well and other philosophical topics


I hope you find my insights valuable.

-Nickolas Jasper, CMT

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