The Important Part: Investing with Liz Thomas

Jean Chatzky: How to Save for Retirement and Still Enjoy Your Money

Retirement planning can feel intimidating, whether you’re decades away or getting ready to make the transition. Jean Chatzky wants to make it feel a little more manageabl

Tony Robbins on Investing Beyond the Stock Market

Tony Robbins says the old investor playbook is changing.  For decades, many investors were told to build wealth through public stocks and bonds. But Tony believes some o

What Could the Midterms Mean for Markets?

Midterms are approaching, bringing questions about what the outcome could mean for policy and investors. Libby Cantrill, Head of U.S. Public Policy at PIMCO, joins us on

How Wall Street Went From Fighting Crypto To Embracing It

Cryptocurrency used to be positioned as an alternative to Wall Street. Now? Wall Street is increasingly embracing the technology behind it.  Zack Guzman – Founder of Tru

From Copper to Coffee: What’s Driving Commodities in Today’s Market

Commodities span far beyond gold. From precious metals and energy to agriculture, they can offer investors another way to think about markets and portfolio diversificatio

Today’s Housing Market Explained: What Comes Next?

Housing prices are through the roof, mortgage rates are high and rents continue to climb. So what’s driving today’s challenging housing market?  This week, Jonathan Mill

What Could Shake Today’s Bull Market?

In 2010, Brian Belski said we were entering a 25 year bull market. Fifteen years later, he hasn’t changed his tune.  Brian Belski, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Hu

Why Investors Are Pouring Billions Into Sports

There’s big money in sports right now and it’s not just happening in leagues like the NFL or NBA. But how can those of us who will never own a professional team get in on

Investing and Risk: What You Need To Know in Today’s Market

War, inflation, and AI are converging to create a high risk moment in the market. But in this bull market, many are seeing high returns. On this episode, Shannon Saccoci

How to Research Stocks and Build a Portfolio

Picking individual stocks has never been easier. Figuring out how to evaluate them is another story. Stephanie Link, Chief Investment Strategist, Head of Investment Solu

The Spending Paradox: Why Americans Are Still Opening Their Wallets

Americans say they feel bad about the economy. Their spending tells a different story.  Michelle Meyer, Chief Economist at Mastercard and head of the Mastercard Economic

What It Means to Be a Future Rich Person, According to Mrs. Dow Jones

“Future rich person” is not about getting rich overnight. For Haley Sacks, a.k.a. Mrs. Dow Jones, it is about learning how money works early enough to give yourself more

Should Investors Befriend the AI Bubble? Lessons From the Dot-Com Era

Today’s bull market just keeps building with stock indexes reaching record highs, AI buildout booming, and blockbuster IPOs smashing records.  It’s giving the ‘90s… and

The GLP-1 Economy: How New Prescriptions Are Reshaping Markets

About one in eight U.S. adults say they take a GLP-1 drug, according to a poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation. And that raises a number of questions for investors. As us

Wearable Tech Is a $90 Billion Market. Are Investors Still Early?

Wearables have gone from counting steps to tracking sleep, recovery, heart health, and more. But the bigger story may be what all that data makes possible next. In this

Space Investor

SpaceX launched as the biggest IPO in history last week, officially igniting the space economy. But what exactly is the space economy? Is it about astronauts and space s

The Important Part with Liz Thomas | Investing, Markets, and Your Money Explained

This market can be hard to read unless you understand what is actually driving it. On The Important Part, SoFi’s Chief Market Strategist Liz Thomas talks with the folks

No Energy? No AI

Energy has quickly become one of the biggest market stories of 2026 and its impact is spreading beyond gas prices.  In this episode of The Important Part: Investing with

SpaceX, OpenAI and the Future of IPOs

Companies are staying private longer. Retail investors have more access than ever. And when companies like SpaceX or OpenAI eventually go public, they could become major

Why Some of The Biggest Investment Opportunities Aren’t on Wall Street

Public markets may dominate the headlines, but some of the biggest investing opportunities may be happening where most investors aren’t looking. In this episode of The I