Services Pop, Chips Chop, Bitcoin Drops. Markets Straddle a Mixed Tape — Market Breakdown #30
ISM Services jumps back to 52.3, job-openings hold firm, 10-yr creeps to 4.45%, SPY pokes above 596 while BTC retreats to 105 K and the dollar hugs 99.
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Issue #30 – June 3, 2025
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🔥 Headlines & Hysteria (powered by Forked Feed)
“ISM 52.3: ‘Soft landing calls collect, bears decline the charges.’”
“JOLTS 8.25 M: ‘Hiring freeze? HR’s still window-shopping.’”
“SPY 596: ‘Ceiling? Meet hairline crack.’”
“BTC 105 K: ‘ETF honeymoon hits the ‘we need space’ phase.’”
“10-yr 4.45%: ‘Yields rise just enough to spoil rate-cut tweets.’”
🔎 Today’s Focus
Why Tuesday mattered
Services rebound: ISM Services prints 52.3, reversing April’s dip and lifting new-orders to a four-month high.
Labor still taut: Job Openings rise to 8.25 M; quits steady, a reminder that slack is scarce.
Factory orders +0.4% MoM: steady but unspectacular, mainly aircraft revisions.
Curve nudges higher: 10-yr yield to 4.45%, 30-yr 4.97% as traders trim September-cut odds to 54 %.
Risk splits: SPY ekes a gain on defensive bid, QQQ cools, BTC slips to 105 K, gold softens to $3.36 K.
🧭 Top Charts of the Week
SPY: $596.09
QQQ: $527.30
🧭 Risk-On Flows
What the cash actually did
Global equity mutual funds booked +$6.8 B last week (Lipper), a fifth straight inflow but down from +$11 B the week prior = investors nibble, not gorge.
US-listed ETFs saw a modest +$1.3 B Monday: SPY +$790 M, IWM +$220 M, tech growth funds net flat.
High-yield credit (HYG, JNK) added +$54 M, smallest take in ten days — spread buyers cautious as yields creep.
Money-market funds leaked $23.4 B in the latest ICI print (week to 28 May), the sixth straight outflow but half the prior week’s bleed.
Spot-Bitcoin ETFs recorded a –$48.7 M net outflow (Farside, 3 Jun) — first back-to-back red prints since April; total AUM still hovers near record at $55 B.
Digital-asset ETPs ex-BTC had +$21 M (CoinShares) as traders rotated into ETH staking vehicles ahead of the Pectra dev-call.
Read-through: Cash is edging from sidelines into selective beta (defensives, quality credit) while turning lukewarm on the high-octane trades (AI chips, crypto leverage). Liquidity isn’t leaving, it’s tip-toeing.
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🧭 Sovereignty Signal
Dollar Grip, Bond Drip
Dollar index 99.2, long bond < 5%: reserve managers prefer Treasuries for liquidity, not dollars for duration.
Second e-CNY crude cargo cleared Shanghai last week, doubling May’s non-USD settlements; Saudi Aramco floated yuan pricing for a July lot: still tiny, but an upward drift.
NY Fed’s morning repo window goes live 26 Jun, effectively tripling daily backstop capacity; sign the Fed anticipates summer refunding strain.
Gold holds $3.36 K even as yields lift. Sovereign hedgers keep a core, but no chasing.
Bitcoin ETF AUM flat despite small outflows; portfolio-level hedge allocation appears sticky at ~2% for macro-fund peers.
Triggerboard
DXY > 101 three days → expect EM outflows, volatility spike.
30-yr > 5% → deficit premium back on; gold + BTC historically rally 4-6% in ten sessions.
BTC weekly > 110 K → evidences that sovereign-hedge bid is alive; < 102 K means hedgers lighten.
🏅 Commodities / Gold / Silver / Oil
Gold: $3355
Silver: $34.58
WTI: $63.517
🧮 Rates / Bonds / Dollar
10Y Yield: 4.45%
30Y: Yield: 4.98%
DXY: 99.195
🔄 Altcoin Market Overview
🔢 Key Metrics
• BTC Dominance 64.12%
• TOTAL3 ≈ $861.14 B
• Altseason Index 22/100 (still Bitcoin-dominant)
📉 Sector Breakdown
AI: AGIX $0.5938 | FET $0.817
Layer-1: SOL $154.72 | DOT $4.137 | ATOM $4.412
Layer-2: ARB $0.381 | OP $0.662
Memes: DOGE $0.19247 | WIF $0.965 | PEPE 0.00001290
RWA: ONDO $0.8475 | NXRA $0.01177
🧠 Sentiment Snapshot
Fear-&-Greed (crypto): 58 (Greed)
CoinCodex Sentiment: 66 (Bullish)
🧠 Concept Spotlight:
Services Reflation Flicker
Since 2013, the combo (ISM Mfg < 50 & ISM Svcs > 52) has produced a:
+0.7% median S&P drift over the next 10 trading days, but…
–1.2% median performance for high-multiple tech, and
+1.5% gold lift as yields inch up but inflation fears linger.
Translation: money hedges reflation risk, not recession risk. Today fits the setup, so watch gold versus semis into jobs Friday.
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📌 Key Takeaways
Services beat + tight labor = less urgency for cuts → yields up, growth equities stall.
Dollar firm yet under 100; liquidity not off, just on ration.
Bitcoin/crypto in digestion mode; ETF AUM steady but flows two-day negative.
Defensive equity + quality credit get incremental bid as chips and AI momentum pause.
Eyes now on Thursday’s 10-yr reopening and Friday’s NFP for the next volatility spark.
📅 Watchlist & Triggers
SPY: clear daily close > 600 unlocks momentum; fall < 585 opens 574 gap.
BTC: reclaim 110 K revives bull case; slice < 102 K invites 97 K test.
WTI Jul: weekly settle > 64 re-prices supply risk; break < 60 cues OPEC jawboning.
DXY: close > 101 pressures risk assets; slip back < 99 re-opens reflation trades.
💬 Final Thought
Soft-landing optimism keeps flickering, but each warm data print nudges yields higher and chips away at multiple comfort. Until payrolls tip the scale, think “rent risk” rather than “own risk”: keep trade horizons short, position sizes tight, and hedges within arm’s reach.
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