Wall Street Searches for Direction as 10Y Yield at 5.19% and VIX Spike 10.48% Signal Liquidity Drain
U.S. equities are rudderless as the 10-year Treasury yield at 5.19% and a 10.48% VIX spike to 16.87 force a repricing of risk assets, with Bitcoin sliding 3.11% to $80,900. The structural shift is clear: capital is rotating from beta into sovereign yield and gold, evidenced by gold's 1.24% gain to $4,158.80 while the S&P 500 fell 1.11%.