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On this week's episode of Risk & Return, @BobSloanS3 explains how positioning is the seventh category of data that explains what's driving market moves.
@CGasparino brought the headlines, covering the Andrew Left verdict, David Ellison's plan for CBS and Jamie Dimon's $20B shopping list.
S3 data informed the market commentary, where Charlie & Bob discussed:
→ Intuitive Machines $LUNR: space stock with broad institutional long buying support and an elevated, but declining, short base.
→ AST SpaceMobile: longs $3.8B vs shorts $5.8B, a SpaceX launch partner and Starlink competitor $ASTS
→ $PATH: passive piling in, shorts climbing, a classic S3 battleground
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$PATH is a classic AI/Software battleground.
Bulls say AI makes UiPath's automation tools more valuable. Bears say AI replaces them. @BobSloanS3 breaks it down on the new episode of Risk & Return with @CGasparino
S3 positioning data shows the fight in real time: passive ownership climbing, short interest up and nearly equal active longs holdings.
That standoff is what a battleground looks like. 👇
The SpaceX IPO is driving volatility in public space-related stocks. On this week's Risk & Return, @BobSloanS3 walks through two space names with insights from S3's positioning data:
→ Intuitive Machines $LUNR: shorts have covered 5M shares since peaking in early April, but rising prices doubled their notional exposure to $950M. Active longs +18%, passive longs +67%. Shorts are stuck.
→ Virgin Galactic $SPCE: short interest was sky-high — then SpaceX news hit and the stock spiked, squeezing some shorts out before returning from orbit.
To see the positioning behind the price moves check out the new episode of Risk & Return with @CGasparino👇
Jamie Dimon is sitting on roughly $20 billion and he's looking to make moves. On this week's Risk & Return with @BobSloanS3: word is what JPMorgan really wants is Carlyle's private credit business. Carlyle says it's not for sale. JPMorgan isn't denying it.
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Did the feds just criminalize short selling?
On this week's Risk & Return, @BobSloanS3 and @CGasparino take opposite sides on the Andrew Left conviction, Bob on why running a public campaign and covering fast may cross a line, Charlie on why it's ripe for appeal.
The throughline? Transparency. Exactly what S3's short interest and positioning data brings to the market every day.
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This week's S3 data:
• Shorts hit 29% of UiPath's float
• Space stocks up 75-135% YTD into the SpaceX IPO
• KOSPI bears down $3.4B fighting a 105% rally
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Thank you @LisaFickenscher@nypostbiz for sourcing @S3Partners short interest positioning data on $VSXY (formerly $VSCO). SI currently near August '25 high.
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Did the Andrew Left conviction kill short selling?
What's Jamie Dimon eyeing for $20B?
Are AI IPO-packed index funds setting up retail as bag holders?
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Risk & Return is LIVE with @BobSloanS3 and @CGasparino.
This week's S3 data:
• Shorts hit 29% of UiPath's float
• Space stocks up 75-135% YTD into the SpaceX IPO
• KOSPI bears down $3.4B fighting a 105% rally
Live now, tune in! https://t.co/QhzNh0OVOl
NEW Risk & Return with @BobSloanS3 and @CGasparino is LIVE on all streaming platforms!
The S3 short interest earnings model went 2-for-3 last week. Bearish Walmart ✓ Bearish BJ's ✓ Bearish Williams-Sonoma ✗
This week's pick: $GAP, bullish ahead of this afternoon's report.
This content is for informational only, not investment advice.
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$WMT $WSM $BJ
@BobSloanS3 on Iran: blockade, squeeze them economically, skip the bombs. Even at $5 gas.
"I'll trade treasure to avoid bloodshed any day, as long as it's not blackmail."
New Risk & Return with @CGasparino
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New Risk and Return is up, @BobSloanS3 is back!
Bob explains why we like AI. Is Solomon returning to DJing? Warsh's plan to run the Fed.
I brought up Tucker's AI skepticism. Bob: "use Claude for two minutes." Then he explained what S3 actually did with it, a year of work done in weeks.
Also: Oppenheimer vs. AI leaders, Solomon's op-ed, Gap earnings, and Spencer Pratt running for mayor.
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NEW Risk & Return with @CGasparino & @BobSloanS3 is now LIVE across streaming platforms!
Iran at the Point of No Return. AI's Atomic Moment. The S3 Earnings Model.
→ Economic pressure vs. military force on Iran
→ David Solomon's op-ed (and return to DJ?)
→ Kevin Warsh's plan for the Fed
→ S3 earnings model: 2-for-3 last week $GAP
→ How S3 uses AI internally, months of work done in weeks
→ The Oppenheimer question for AI leaders
S3 data & analytics are informational only, not investment advice.
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From the S3 data desk:
- Space stocks up 94-135% YTD ahead of the SpaceX IPO, but active long shares only grew in two of the four names. The rest are selling into strength.
- Trump's $2B quantum computing grants created a clear divide. $IONQ and $QUBT weren't on the list and both carry short interest well above the grant recipients.
- KOSPI and TWSE shorts have lost a combined $19B YTD as both indexes rip higher
- $PATH shorts doubled to 121M shares heading into Wednesday earnings
Headlines from @CGasparino:
- $PSKY opening depositions to state AGs to convince them not to oppose the $WBD deal
- Bipartisan Cruz-Cantwell legislation to reform the business of college sports
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My headlines: $PSKY/$WBD depositions, Cruz-Cantwell college sports bill, NYC influencer rally
@S3Partners data: Space stock positioning vs. price action and the quantum grant winners vs. losers
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Space stock positioning vs. price action and the quantum grant winners vs. losers
Headlines: $PSKY/$WBD depositions, Cruz-Cantwell college sports bill, anti-Mamdani NYC influencer rally.
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