Yimin Xu

YX Insights: Macro, Fixed Income, Equities, and Crypto. FX Swap and Short Term Interest Rate Swaps Trader at Royal Bank of Scotland. ICAEW Chartered Accountant. Seeking Alpha FOMC Commentator.

Alphabet (GOOGL) Q1 Earnings Update

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RIA April Market Update

April’s SPY Rollercoaster: Tariff-driven sell-off, 90-day pause and the market’s ensuing round-trip. Is the correction over or is there more downside?

RIA: March 2025 Market Update

Risk Off, Recessionary Fears, Oil Rebound, Gold New Highs, Bitcoin Searches For Bottom

RIA: February 2025 Market Update

Just Following The Playbook

Nonfarm Payrolls Review, CPI Preview, Powell Testimony, TLT Analysis [No Paywall]

We walk through Friday's labour market data, with an analysis of the current FOMC pricing, Wednesday's CPI, Powell's script, and TLT's price technicals.

Alphabet (GOOGL) Q4 FY2024 Earnings Review [No Paywall]

Alphabet (GOOGL, GOOG) sold off after earnings - is this the beginning of the top? We deep dive into its fundamentals, valuation, and price technicals.

Tesla (TSLA) Q4 FY24 Earnings Review: Valuation Is For Losers (No Paywall)

"I see a path for Tesla being the most valuable company in the world by far, not even close...more than the next top five companies combined..." - Elon Musk, Q4 2024 Earnings Call.

RIA: January 2025 Market Update

Never A Dull Moment

Gold Price (GLD, XAU): Stuck In A Corrective Phase? (No Paywall)

We dissect Gold’s recent price action through the lenses of Global Liquidity, Seasonality, ETF flows, Central Bank buying, and Technical Analysis.

Alphabet (GOOGL): Q3 2024 Earnings Review

Revenue acceleration and margin expansion suggest a bullish outlook for GOOGL. We review Q3 earnings through a detailed combination of fundamental analysis, valuation modelling, and technical analysis.