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.

May Market Update: Back To Square One

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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.