Soft Data Meets Dollar Bid. Risk Assets Hover While ISM Slips Back Under 50 — Market Breakdown #29
ISM Manufacturing drops to 48.1, PCE stays tame, the 10-yr holds 4.45 %, SPY drifts at $593, and Bitcoin cools to $106 K as ETF flows pause.
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Issue #29 – June 2, 2025
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🔥 Headlines & Hysteria (powered by Forked Feed)
ISM 48.1: “Factories hit the snooze button; soft landing buys another pillow.”
SPY stalls at 593: “Chicken-wire ceiling still intact.”
BTC $106 K: “ETF honeymoon over—HODLers checking prenup.”
NVDA gives back gains: “Rocket needs refuel; bulls stop to hydrate.”
Dollar bid, gold flat: “Greenback flexes; shiny rocks just shrug.”
🔎 Today’s Focus
Why Monday mattered
ISM Manufacturing slips back into contraction. Index prints 48.1, missing the 49.5 consensus and ending April’s brief 50-plus streak.
Core PCE déjà vu. Friday’s cooldown to 2.5% y/y still anchors cut hopes; no fresh inflation data today.
Bonds steady. With no auctions until tomorrow’s 3-yr, the 10-yr sits 4.45%, the 30-yr 4.97%.
Dollar flexes. DXY up through 98.7 intraday, reflecting tariff-relief whiplash and EM unwind.
Bitcoin glides lower. Spot trades $106306 with ETF flows flipping negative late last week.
🧭 Top Charts of the Week
SPY: $592.71
QQQ: $523.31
🧭 Risk-On Flows
Spot-BTC ETFs: –$358 m outflow Friday; Monday file not yet posted—flows on pause.
Money-market funds: ICI week-to-Wed 28 May = –$23.4 b, sixth week of outflows.
HYG (high-yield ETF): –$110 m today as spreads widen modestly.
Cash remains in wait-and-see mode ahead of Tuesday’s 3-yr sale and ISM Services on Wednesday.
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ETH/USD: $2622.94
🧭 Sovereignty Signal
DXY back in the high-98s while the 30-yr refuses 5% tells you foreign reserve managers prefer bonds over dollars right now. It’s all about liquidity storage, not FX conviction. Bitcoin ETF outflow shows hedgers lightening, not exiting; gold steady at $3.38 k holds the line.
🏅 Commodities / Gold / Silver / Oil
Gold: $3377.14
Silver: $34.62
WTI: $63.24
🧮 Rates / Bonds / Dollar
10Y Yield: 4.45%
30Y: Yield: 4.97%
DXY: 98.71
🔄 Altcoin Market Overview
🔢 Key Metrics
• BTC Dominance 64.22%
• TOTAL3 ≈ $861.3 B
• Altseason Index 22/100 (still Bitcoin-dominant)
📉 Sector Breakdown
AI: AGIX $0.5938 | FET $0.800
Layer-1: SOL $158.81 | DOT $4.178 | ATOM $4.495
Layer-2: ARB $0.3621 | OP $0.679
Memes: DOGE $0.1966 | WIF $0.967 | PEPE 0.00001251
RWA: ONDO $0.8571 | NXRA $0.0118
🧠 Sentiment Snapshot
Fear-&-Greed (crypto): 60 (Greed)
CoinCodex Sentiment: 65 (Bullish)
🧠 Concept Spotlight:
Soft-Print Drift
When ISM < 50 and the dollar closes higher for the day, the next 5 sessions show a 0.7 % average S&P loss and a 1.3 % gold gain (past decade). Today fits that template—watch metals vs. equities through Friday’s payroll report.
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📌 Key Takeaways
ISM slips to 48.1 and PCE stayed soft—macro still tilting cool.
Bonds steady, dollar bid—mixed liquidity signals keep SPY range-bound.
Nvidia cools 1%, still levitating tech; Bitcoin slides on ETF pause.
Watch Tuesday’s 3-yr auction and Wednesday’s ISM Services for next movers.
📅 Watchlist & Triggers
SPY: Needs a clear daily close over 595 to unleash upside; sub-584 risks a June retrace.
Bitcoin: A push back over 110 K would neutralize bearish momentum; slip below 102 K opens the 97 K gap.
WTI Spot: Holding the 63–64 band; sub-60 drags energy equities, above 65 rekindles inflation chatter.
DXY: Close over 100 spells liquidity tightening; back under 98 and reflation plays breathe again.
💬 Final Thought
Soft data plus a firmer dollar is a tricky cocktail: it tempts rate-cut dreams but also tightens global liquidity. Until one story wins, keep risk trims shallow and hedges handy.
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