Charlie Gasparino and S3 Partners Founder Bob Sloan break down the biggest business headlines and actionable insights that give listeners an inside edge on the markets.
Risk and Return
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Charlie Gasparino and S3 Partners Founder Bob Sloan break down the biggest business headlines and actionable insights that give listeners an inside edge on the markets.
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Recent Episodes
July 9, 2026
Crowded Shorts, Trapped Longs: The Positioning Map from U.S. Crypto to Hong Kong
<p>S3 Partners founder Bob Sloan flagged Strategy's (MSTR) funding problem months ago. With Bitcoin near $60K and Saylor's break-even around $70K, Bob and Charlie Gasparino break down the negative carry, the asset-liability mismatch, and the "holes in the boat": if his 4% of all Bitcoin starts hitting the tape, the ~$20K technical floor of the last crypto winter comes back into play.</p><p><br></p><p>On the S3 radar: Pepsi (PEP), the bullish pick of the week into earnings, short interest up 46% against a rising price; Hong Kong, a tinderbox with shorts up 49% as China nears a deflation exit; memory/DRAM, where US shorts press SanDisk (SNDK) and Micron (MU) at extreme Z-scores while Korean longs, up 200%, crush shorts out of the market; and Circle (CRCL), down 19% on passive selling even with active longs at 2.5x shorts — a crack in the stablecoin duopoly.</p><p><br></p><p>Away from the data desk, Charlie reports on the Sun Valley media gathering — knitting class included — where Ken Griffin rejects the class-warfare label and sources say the Comcast–Charter deal everyone expects isn't happening. Plus a live text brawl between AMC CEO Adam Aron and analyst Rich Greenfield over dilution math, and Jay Clayton's nod for Director of National Intelligence.</p><p><br></p><p>Risk & Return with Charlie Gasparino and Bob Sloan. Data drives news. News drives markets.</p><p><br></p><p>For more information about the positioning data featured in the episode visit www.S3Partners.com</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 Intro</p><p>02:36 Breaking news from Sun Valley: the billionaires' knitting class</p><p>07:15 Ken Griffin, class warfare, and the mogul lineup</p><p>15:36 Strategy (MSTR): Saylor below break-even </p><p>19:38 "Holes in the boat" — why $20K is Bitcoin's technical floor</p><p>23:00 Why Brian Roberts looks glum: Comcast–Charter math doesn't work</p><p>26:27 S3 pick of the week: Pepsi (PEP) bullish into earnings</p><p>27:14 Hong Kong tinderbox: shorts +49% as China nears a deflation exit</p><p>29:13 China Vanke and the state backstop</p><p>31:26 Memory/DRAM: shorts press SanDisk & Micron at extreme Z-scores</p><p>32:32 South Korea's "dragon's mouth": Active long positioning</p><p>35:01 Circle (CRCL): a cracking stablecoin duopoly</p><p>37:19 AMC text brawl: Adam Aron vs. Rich Greenfield on dilution</p><p>44:33 Wrap-up</p>
July 2, 2026
Selloffs, Squeezes & a July 4th Bull Case for America!
<p>Bitcoin's been cut in half — is the crypto winter just getting started? Charlie Gasparino and S3 Partners founder Bob Sloan break down the data behind the selloff, and why S3's positioning numbers on Strategy (MSTR) signal more pain ahead: a dilution spiral where the company issued shares, converts and then preferred shares, forcing an endless hunt for funding to hold the price up. Bob ties it to David Einhorn's classic Allied Capital short — you can't fight a stock while the money keeps flowing, in either direction.</p><p><br></p><p>Away from the data desk, Charlie gets into why Europe is at war with air conditioning, Comcast's NBCUniversal spinoff and the failure of the media-conglomerate model, and why independent media is eating legacy TV's lunch.</p><p><br></p><p>On the S3 side, four names are on the radar: Wendy's (WEN), a meme and battleground stock on ten-year-high short interest and a Reddit-fueled surge; the memory/DRAM sector, where shorts and passive money pile in as active investors flee; healthcare, the most crowded hedge-fund long. All capped with a July 4th case for American optimism!</p><p><br></p><p>Risk & Return with Charlie Gasparino and Bob Sloan. Data drives news. News drives markets.</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 Intro — Bob Sloan, S3, and the "data drives news" ethos</p><p>04:57 Crypto winter: Bitcoin halves from $120K</p><p>09:23 Crypto infrastructure and the long-term bull case</p><p>10:15 MSTR: dilution death spiral?</p><p>16:13 Einhorn's Allied Capital — you can't short the funding</p><p>18:09 IBIT short interest: watching for the bottom</p><p>19:35 Europe's war on air conditioning</p><p>25:59 Comcast spins off NBCUniversal</p><p>30:41 Why the media-conglomerate model keeps failing</p><p>35:20 Independent media is winning — a million views on positioning</p><p>40:20 Wendy's (WEN): meme stock & battleground setup</p><p>43:26 Memory/DRAM sector: shorts and passive money surge</p><p>44:44 Healthcare: the most crowded hedge-fund long since 2021</p><p>53:33 July 4th sign-off: the case for American optimism</p>
June 25, 2026
Positioning Is Everything: The Seventh Category of Market Data
<p>Charlie Gasparino opens with the headlines he's been breaking: the Paramount-Skydance bid for Warner Bros. getting a pass from the Trump administration, why two progressive state AGs could still tie up the $81 billion deal, and the puzzle of why Cory Booker is fighting Trump's bipartisan college sports reform. </p><p><br></p><p>Then S3 Partners founder and managing partner Bob Sloan makes the case for "the seventh category of market data"—the daily battle between passive flows, active managers, and short interest that's quietly reshaping how stocks move. The pair dig into Q2's biggest short squeezes, why energy left an "air pocket" below the April top, and the live Qualcomm and Micron earnings playing out as levered hedge-fund dollars square off against record passive ownership. </p><p><br></p><p>Plus: the "Magnificent Ten," why space shorts only target pre-revenue names, and SpaceX shedding $250 billion in a single day. </p><p><br></p><p>Broadcast June 24, 2026.</p><p><br></p><p>Chapter Breakdown</p><p>00:00 — Intro</p><p>01:34 — Paramount-Skydance, Warner Bros. & the Antitrust Fight</p><p>07:09 — TikTok, Media Consolidation & the AG Lawsuit Threat</p><p>10:07 — College Sports Reform & the Cory Booker Puzzle</p><p>12:11 — Space Falls $250B in a Day — The Size of Alibaba</p><p>20:47 — Lockup Overhangs, Supply & Short Interest Spikes</p><p>22:04 — The Seventh Category of Market Data</p><p>25:33 — Energy: No Shorts, One-Way Bet & the Air Pocket</p><p>28:23 — Micron & Qualcomm: The Levered vs. Unlevered Dollar</p><p>30:40 — Qualcomm's Widening Ownership Gap & 5-Year-High Shorts</p><p>33:38 — The "Magnificent Ten" and the AI Proxy Trade</p><p>37:24 — Space Sector: Shorts Target Pre-Revenue Names</p><p>39:50 — Reading the SpaceX S-1: A $28 Trillion TAM</p><p>47:13 — Kevin Warsh, AI at the Fed & the Data Mandate</p><p>50:04 — The $6 Trillion Balance Sheet Problem</p><p>52:38 — Where to Catch Bob Next & Wrap</p><p><br></p><p>Want the data behind the discussion? S3 Partners is the only complete data set for long and short positioning. Follow Risk & Return for a new edition every week, and visit s3partners.com to see how the seventh category of market data can sharpen your trading. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode.</p>
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