The Important Part: Investing with Liz Thomas
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Liz Thomas, SoFi's Chief Market Strategist, hosts conversations with influential investors, business leaders, academics and media figures about how they make high-stakes decisions under uncertainty. Each episode explores how successful people navigate risk, tolerate failure and stay agile when markets and careers change. Guests unpack the pivotal choices that shaped their portfolios and working lives. The show aims to help listeners define their own relationship with risk and work toward their financial goals. It is produced by SoFi and is informational only, not investment advice.
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Jean Chatzky: How to Save for Retirement and Still Enjoy Your Money 30.09.2026 50minRetirement 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 manageable. This week on The Important Part, HerMoney CEO and The Forever Paycheck author Jean Chatzky joins Liz Thomas to discuss how to prepare for retirement while still enjoying your life today. Jean shares her perspective on retirement savings benchmarks and why knowing your own numbers matters more than comparing yourself to everyone else. Liz and Jean also explore the financial decisions younger generations face when retirement still feels decades away, including how much to save as your income changes and how to balance preparing for the future with the life you want to live now. The conversation also gets into Social Security and how Jean thinks about different types of retirement accounts. Jean then explains one of the surprising challenges retirees can face: after decades of watching their savings grow, spending that money can feel like losing it. She shares the thinking behind The Forever Paycheck and why creating a reliable stream of retirement income may help address that emotional hurdle. The Important Part: Investing with Liz Thomas is a video podcast covering investing, markets, economic trends, portfolio strategy, and the biggest stories shaping investors today. About SoFi®: A finance company that could help you get ahead. Get Your Money Right® with SoFi. Additional resources: On The Money: Sign up for SoFi's newsletter for intel, insights, and inspo to help you get your money right. Investing 101 Center: At SoFi, we believe investing is for everyone — which is why we’ve created a hub with info for beginners and experts alike. Start exploring to get investment education, advice, resources, and more. Wealth Investing Guide: Information you need to know to make your money work harder for you. This podcast should be used for informational purposes only and not deemed as a recommendation. Our Automated investing is via SoFi Wealth LLC, and is a registered investment advisor. Our Active investing is via SoFi securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. For additional disclosures related to the SoFi Invest® platforms, please visit www. SoFi.com/Legal. ©2026 Social Finance, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -
Tony Robbins on Investing Beyond the Stock Market 23.09.2026 1u 12minTony 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 of the biggest opportunities may sit outside the traditional market, in private equity, private credit, sports ownership, and other alternative investments that were once harder for individual investors to access. On this episode of The Important Part, Tony joins Liz Thomas alongside Christopher Zook, Founder and Chief Investment Officer of CAZ Investments, for a conversation about what it means to become an owner and why access to private markets is changing. Tony and Christopher also share their perspectives on what investors need to understand before stepping into a less familiar part of the market. This is not a conversation about chasing the next hot trade. Liz presses Tony and Christopher on the real tradeoffs behind alternative investments, including limited liquidity, higher fees, lockups, and why access does not automatically mean an investment belongs in every portfolio. Tony and Christopher also discuss The Holy Grail of Investing, their book about alternative investments and private-market access, and why they updated it now as AI, energy, defense, and space reshape the investment landscape. The Important Part: Investing with Liz Thomas is a video podcast covering investing, markets, economic trends, portfolio strategy, and the biggest stories shaping investors today. About SoFi®: A finance company that could help you get ahead. Get Your Money Right® with SoFi. Additional resources: On The Money: Sign up for SoFi's newsletter for intel, insights, and inspo to help you get your money right. Investing 101 Center: At SoFi, we believe investing is for everyone — which is why we’ve created a hub with info for beginners and experts alike. Start exploring to get investment education, advice, resources, and more. Wealth Investing Guide: Information you need to know to make your money work harder for you. This podcast should be used for informational purposes only and not deemed as a recommendation. Our Automated investing is via SoFi Wealth LLC, and is a registered investment advisor. Our Active investing is via SoFi securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. For additional disclosures related to the SoFi Invest® platforms, please visit www. SoFi.com/Legal. ©2026 Social Finance, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -
What Could the Midterms Mean for Markets? 16.09.2026 48minMidterms 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 The Important Part: Investing with Liz Thomas this week to share her take on midterms and what investors should be watching as November approaches. Libby and Liz dig into affordability and the issues shaping the political conversation ahead of the election. You’ll hear Libby’s take on what could happen with tariffs after the midterms and whether she expects gridlock to define the next few years. She also shares her perspective on how the growth of AI data centers could factor into the policy landscape. Liz and Libby then turn to discuss Social Security. Could Social Security cause a political domino effect? And what role could it play as the political conversation shifts toward the 2028 presidential election? This episode is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice. The Important Part: Investing with Liz Thomas is a video podcast covering investing, markets, economic trends, portfolio strategy, and the biggest stories shaping investors today. About SoFi®: A finance company that could help you get ahead. Get Your Money Right® with SoFi. Additional resources: On The Money: Sign up for SoFi's newsletter for intel, insights, and inspo to help you get your money right. Investing 101 Center: At SoFi, we believe investing is for everyone — which is why we’ve created a hub with info for beginners and experts alike. Start exploring to get investment education, advice, resources, and more. Wealth Investing Guide: Information you need to know to make your money work harder for you. This podcast should be used for informational purposes only and not deemed as a recommendation. Our Automated investing is via SoFi Wealth LLC, and is a registered investment advisor. Our Active investing is via SoFi securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. For additional disclosures related to the SoFi Invest® platforms, please visit www. SoFi.com/Legal. ©2026 Social Finance, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -
How Wall Street Went From Fighting Crypto To Embracing It 09.09.2026 42minCryptocurrency used to be positioned as an alternative to Wall Street. Now? Wall Street is increasingly embracing the technology behind it. Zack Guzman – Founder of Trustless Media and Host of Coinage, a crypto and Web3 podcast – joins us on The Important Part: Investing with Liz Thomas this week to share his perspective on how crypto has evolved from a disruptive idea to an institutional asset class. You’ll hear Zack’s take on Bitcoin ETFs and why Wall Street is embracing tokenization. He and Liz also explore some potential futures of blockchain technology and how it may reshape the financial systems investors use today. Then, Liz and Zack turn to AI. As agentic AI becomes capable of making financial decisions, could AI agents transact directly with one another on a blockchain – without a human executing the trade? And what role do regulators have in this future state? This episode is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice. The Important Part: Investing with Liz Thomas is a video podcast covering investing, markets, economic trends, portfolio strategy, and the biggest stories shaping investors today. About SoFi®: A finance company that could help you get ahead. Get Your Money Right® with SoFi. Additional resources: On The Money: Sign up for SoFi's newsletter for intel, insights, and inspo to help you get your money right. Investing 101 Center: At SoFi, we believe investing is for everyone — which is why we’ve created a hub with info for beginners and experts alike. Start exploring to get investment education, advice, resources, and more. Wealth Investing Guide: Information you need to know to make your money work harder for you. This podcast should be used for informational purposes only and not deemed as a recommendation. Our Automated investing is via SoFi Wealth LLC, and is a registered investment advisor. Our Active investing is via SoFi securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. For additional disclosures related to the SoFi Invest® platforms, please visit www. SoFi.com/Legal. ©2026 Social Finance, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -
From Copper to Coffee: What’s Driving Commodities in Today’s Market 02.09.2026 48minCommodities span far beyond gold. From precious metals and energy to agriculture, they can offer investors another way to think about markets and portfolio diversification. Kathy Kriskey, Head of Alternatives Product Strategy at Invesco, joins SoFi Chief Market Strategist, Liz Thomas this week to share her take on today’s commodities market and explore what’s happening beyond the usual suspects, from copper to coffee. Kathy dives deep into her view on the relationship between copper demand and the growth of AI data centers. She also explores how weather events such as El Niño could affect agricultural commodities and food prices. Throughout the conversation, Kathy offers her outlook on current trends, including why she considers silver the “meme stock” of precious metals. She explains the thinking behind “Doctor Copper” as a potential indicator of broader economic activity and discusses the role diversification can play within commodities. This episode is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice. Additional resources: On The Money: Sign up for SoFi's newsletter for intel, insights, and inspo to help you get your money right. Investing 101 Center: At SoFi, we believe investing is for everyone — which is why we’ve created a hub with info for beginners and experts alike. Start exploring to get investment education, advice, resources, and more. Wealth Investing Guide: Information you need to know to make your money work harder for you. This podcast should be used for informational purposes only and not deemed as a recommendation. Our Automated investing is via SoFi Wealth LLC, and is a registered investment advisor. Our Active investing is via SoFi securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. For additional disclosures related to the SoFi Invest® platforms, please visit www. SoFi.com/Legal. ©2026 Social Finance, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -
Today’s Housing Market Explained: What Comes Next? 26.08.2026 52minHousing 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 Miller, CEO of Miller Samuel, joins SoFi Chief Market Strategist Liz Thomas to break down the forces shaping today’s housing market. Jonathan shares his perspective on where homebuyers are finding available inventory and why some long-held assumptions about the housing market may no longer apply. He also gives his view on how federal policy could affect home prices and why new construction alone may not solve the housing supply problem. So what does this all mean for Millennials and Gen Z trying to enter the housing market? How are Boomers helping their kids enter the market? Where does the Sandwich generation fall in all this? They get into all of that and more. This episode is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice. Additional resources: On The Money: Sign up for SoFi's newsletter for intel, insights, and inspo to help you get your money right. Investing 101 Center: At SoFi, we believe investing is for everyone — which is why we’ve created a hub with info for beginners and experts alike. Start exploring to get investment education, advice, resources, and more. Wealth Investing Guide: Information you need to know to make your money work harder for you. This podcast should be used for informational purposes only and not deemed as a recommendation. Our Automated investing is via SoFi Wealth LLC, and is a registered investment advisor. Our Active investing is via SoFi securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. For additional disclosures related to the SoFi Invest® platforms, please visit www. SoFi.com/Legal. ©2026 Social Finance, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -
What Could Shake Today’s Bull Market? 19.08.2026 44minIn 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 Humulis Investment Strategies, sits down with SoFi Chief Market Strategist Liz Thomas to share his perspective on today’s bull and what could shake it. He also discusses how Humulis is approaching current market conditions, including why he believes knowing what you don’t know can be just as valuable as having all the answers. Brian also discusses why he’s looking beyond tech and what he’s seeing in other areas of the market, including the financial sector. He shares how that broader outlook shapes his continued confidence in the American consumer. This episode is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice. Additional resources: On The Money: Sign up for SoFi's newsletter for intel, insights, and inspo to help you get your money right. Investing 101 Center: At SoFi, we believe investing is for everyone — which is why we’ve created a hub with info for beginners and experts alike. Start exploring to get investment education, advice, resources, and more. Wealth Investing Guide: Information you need to know to make your money work harder for you. This podcast should be used for informational purposes only and not deemed as a recommendation. Our Automated investing is via SoFi Wealth LLC, and is a registered investment advisor. Our Active investing is via SoFi securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. For additional disclosures related to the SoFi Invest® platforms, please visit www. SoFi.com/Legal. ©2026 Social Finance, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -
Why Investors Are Pouring Billions Into Sports 12.08.2026 45minThere’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 this booming sector? This week, Front Office Sports Editor-in-Chief, Dan Roberts sits down with SoFi Chief Market Strategist Liz Thomas to discuss why he believes sports investing matters in today’s market. He shares his perspective on the investment opportunities in the sports ecosystem from small and emerging leagues like golf and lacrosse, to side avenues like merchandise and trading cards. He also offers his take on non-traditional events, such as simulator leagues and new formats like Unrivaled’s 3 on 3 women’s basketball. Whether you're a die-hard sports fan or simply curious about where the industry is headed, this conversation offers a look at the forces driving the next chapter of the sports economy. This episode is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice. Subscribe to The Important Part for smarter conversations about markets, investing and the forces shaping your financial future. For more, read Liz’s column every Thursday at On The Money by SoFi, and follow Liz on Twitter @LizThomasStrat. Additional resources: On The Money: Sign up for SoFi's newsletter for intel, insights, and inspo to help you get your money right. Investing 101 Center: At SoFi, we believe investing is for everyone — which is why we’ve created a hub with info for beginners and experts alike. Start exploring to get investment education, advice, resources, and more. Wealth Investing Guide: Information you need to know to make your money work harder for you. This podcast should be used for informational purposes only and not deemed as a recommendation. Our Automated investing is via SoFi Wealth LLC, and is a registered investment advisor. Our Active investing is via SoFi securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. For additional disclosures related to the SoFi Invest® platforms, please visit www. SoFi.com/Legal. ©2026 Social Finance, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -
Investing and Risk: What You Need To Know in Today’s Market 05.08.2026 50minWar, 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 Saccocia, Chief Investment Officer for Neuberger Berman, sits down with SoFi’s Chief Market Strategist Liz Thomas to discuss where the big risks are, how they’re shifting, and what investors can look out for to manage their exposure. They discuss how America and China’s different approaches to AI build-out will shape the market going forward, the search for the next Mag 7, and how investors should think about investing in this maturing market. This episode is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice. Subscribe to The Important Part for smarter conversations about markets, investing and the forces shaping your financial future. For more, read Liz’s column every Thursday at On The Money by SoFi, and follow Liz on Twitter @LizThomasStrat. Additional resources: On The Money: Sign up for SoFi's newsletter for intel, insights, and inspo to help you get your money right. Investing 101 Center: At SoFi, we believe investing is for everyone — which is why we’ve created a hub with info for beginners and experts alike. Start exploring to get investment education, advice, resources, and more. Wealth Investing Guide: Information you need to know to make your money work harder for you. This podcast should be used for informational purposes only and not deemed as a recommendation. Our Automated investing is via SoFi Wealth LLC, and is a registered investment advisor. Our Active investing is via SoFi securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. For additional disclosures related to the SoFi Invest® platforms, please visit www. SoFi.com/Legal. ©2026 Social Finance, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -
How to Research Stocks and Build a Portfolio 29.07.2026 43minPicking individual stocks has never been easier. Figuring out how to evaluate them is another story. Stephanie Link, Chief Investment Strategist, Head of Investment Solutions, and Equity Portfolio Manager at Hightower Advisors, joins Liz Thomas to explain her approach to researching stocks and constructing a portfolio amid a noisy and sometimes volatile market. Link discusses how investors can begin evaluating opportunities and how dollar-cost averaging may fit into a longer-term strategy. She also explains how she distinguishes long-term potential from short-term momentum, with an emphasis on company quality and understanding the underlying business rather than reacting to headlines. This episode is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice. Additional resources: On The Money: Sign up for SoFi's newsletter for intel, insights, and inspo to help you get your money right. Investing 101 Center: At SoFi, we believe investing is for everyone — which is why we’ve created a hub with info for beginners and experts alike. Start exploring to get investment education, advice, resources, and more. Wealth Investing Guide: Information you need to know to make your money work harder for you. This podcast should be used for informational purposes only and not deemed as a recommendation. Our Automated investing is via SoFi Wealth LLC, and is a registered investment advisor. Our Active investing is via SoFi securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. For additional disclosures related to the SoFi Invest® platforms, please visit www. SoFi.com/Legal. ©2026 Social Finance, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -
The Spending Paradox: Why Americans Are Still Opening Their Wallets 22.07.2026 37minAmericans say they feel bad about the economy. Their spending tells a different story. Michelle Meyer, Chief Economist at Mastercard and head of the Mastercard Economics Institute, joins Liz Thomas to share her perspective on what Mastercard is seeing in real-time spending data. The episode looks at why consumer sentiment has stayed weak even as spending has held up. Meyer says the data shows consumers are still buying, but the easy spending environment has changed. Higher prices have made people more selective. That puts more pressure on companies that once had more room to pass costs through. The conversation uses travel as one example of the gap between mood and behavior. And also looks at how spending behavior is changing beneath the headline numbers, from online returns to the way people research purchases before they buy. This episode is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice. Subscribe to The Important Part for smarter conversations about markets, investing and the forces shaping your financial future. For more, read Liz’s column every Thursday at On The Money by SoFi, and follow Liz on Twitter @LizThomasStrat. Additional resources: On The Money: Sign up for SoFi's newsletter for intel, insights, and inspo to help you get your money right. Investing 101 Center: At SoFi, we believe investing is for everyone — which is why we’ve created a hub with info for beginners and experts alike. Start exploring to get investment education, advice, resources, and more. Wealth Investing Guide: Information you need to know to make your money work harder for you. This podcast should be used for informational purposes only and not deemed as a recommendation. Our Automated investing is via SoFi Wealth LLC, and is a registered investment advisor. Our Active investing is via SoFi securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. For additional disclosures related to the SoFi Invest® platforms, please visit www. SoFi.com/Legal. ©2026 Social Finance, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -
What It Means to Be a Future Rich Person, According to Mrs. Dow Jones 15.07.2026 34min“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 choices later. On this week’s episode, Haley sits down with Liz to talk about the money habits that can quietly change someone’s financial life, from investing earlier to negotiating with more confidence at work. She also explains why she tells people to keep a “wins folder,” and why speaking up for yourself is part of taking your financial life seriously. Haley and Liz also get into the money stories women grew up watching on TV, where the cool girl was usually overspending, under-earning, or pretending money did not matter. Haley wants to replace that archetype with something different: women who are financially confident, independent, and proud to build wealth on their own terms. This episode is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment or financial advice. Subscribe to The Important Part for smarter conversations about markets, investing and the forces shaping your financial future. For more, read Liz’s column every Thursday at On The Money by SoFi, and follow Liz on Twitter @LizThomasStrat. Additional resources: On The Money: Sign up for SoFi's newsletter for intel, insights, and inspo to help you get your money right. Investing 101 Center: At SoFi, we believe investing is for everyone — which is why we’ve created a hub with info for beginners and experts alike. Start exploring to get investment education, advice, resources, and more. Wealth Investing Guide: Information you need to know to make your money work harder for you. This podcast should be used for informational purposes only and not deemed as a recommendation. Our Automated investing is via SoFi Wealth LLC, and is a registered investment advisor. Our Active investing is via SoFi securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. For additional disclosures related to the SoFi Invest® platforms, please visit www. SoFi.com/Legal. ©2026 Social Finance, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -
Should Investors Befriend the AI Bubble? Lessons From the Dot-Com Era 08.07.2026 48minToday’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 we know how that ended. On this episode of The Important Part: Investing with Liz Thomas, Dan Greenhaus, Chief Strategist at Solus Alternative Asset Management, takes us back in time to understand the years of build up before the Dot-Com crash and what we can learn from that history today. Dan also shares his perspective on the unbridled enthusiasm in the market, how the explosion of AI is similar to and different from the Dot-Com era, and the potential opportunities lost when investors assume a burst is coming. No one will ring a bell at the top, so how do you befriend the bubble? This episode is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment or financial advice. Subscribe to The Important Part for smarter conversations about markets, investing and the forces shaping your financial future. For more, read Liz’s column every Thursday at On The Money by SoFi, and follow Liz on Twitter @LizThomasStrat. Additional resources: On The Money: Sign up for SoFi's newsletter for intel, insights, and inspo to help you get your money right. Investing 101 Center: At SoFi, we believe investing is for everyone — which is why we’ve created a hub with info for beginners and experts alike. Start exploring to get investment education, advice, resources, and more. Wealth Investing Guide: Information you need to know to make your money work harder for you. This podcast should be used for informational purposes only and not deemed as a recommendation. Our Automated investing is via SoFi Wealth LLC, and is a registered investment advisor. Our Active investing is via SoFi securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. For additional disclosures related to the SoFi Invest® platforms, please visit www. SoFi.com/Legal. ©2026 Social Finance, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -
The GLP-1 Economy: How New Prescriptions Are Reshaping Markets 01.07.2026 43minAbout 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 use of drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound grows, the effects are moving far beyond healthcare and into the way people eat, shop, and spend. In this episode of The Important Part, Liz Thomas sits down with Caleb Silver, editor-in-chief of Investopedia and Chief Business Editor at People Inc., to examine the rise of the “GLP-1 economy.” Together, they explore how changing consumer behavior could affect food companies, restaurants, apparel, travel, home appliances, telehealth, and the pharmaceutical industry. Liz and Caleb also discuss where new demand may emerge, which established businesses could face pressure, and what investors should watch as the GLP-1 market continues to develop. Can major brands adapt quickly enough, or will a new group of companies be built around this changing consumer? This episode is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment or medical advice. For more, read Liz’s column every Thursday at On The Money by SoFi, and follow Liz on Twitter @LizThomasStrat. Additional resources: On The Money: Sign up for SoFi's newsletter for intel, insights, and inspo to help you get your money right. Investing 101 Center: At SoFi, we believe investing is for everyone — which is why we’ve created a hub with info for beginners and experts alike. Start exploring to get investment education, advice, resources, and more. Wealth Investing Guide: Information you need to know to make your money work harder for you. This podcast should be used for informational purposes only and not deemed as a recommendation. Our Automated investing is via SoFi Wealth LLC, and is a registered investment advisor. Our Active investing is via SoFi securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. For additional disclosures related to the SoFi Invest® platforms, please visit www. SoFi.com/Legal. ©2026 Social Finance, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -
Wearable Tech Is a $90 Billion Market. Are Investors Still Early? 24.06.2026 38minWearables 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 episode of The Important Part, Liz Thomas sits down with Craig Shapiro, CEO of Collaborative Fund and an early investor in WHOOP, to discuss why he believes wearable technology is still in its infancy. Using WHOOP’s rise from a niche product for elite athletes to a company valued at more than $10 billion as a case study, Craig shares his perspective on how he spots consumer behaviors before they become mainstream. The conversation explores what happens as people gain more access to their own health data, why the technology itself may eventually fade into the background, and how that shift could create entirely new products and industries. Craig also shares the “villain test” he uses when evaluating companies and gets candid about why some strange ideas take off while others, including cricket-protein bars, never catch on. Subscribe to The Important Part for smarter conversations about markets, investing and the forces shaping your financial future. For more, read Liz’s column every Thursday at On The Money by SoFi, and follow Liz on Twitter @LizThomasStrat. Additional resources: On The Money: Sign up for SoFi's newsletter for intel, insights, and inspo to help you get your money right. Investing 101 Center: At SoFi, we believe investing is for everyone — which is why we’ve created a hub with info for beginners and experts alike. Start exploring to get investment education, advice, resources, and more. Wealth Investing Guide: Information you need to know to make your money work harder for you. This podcast should be used for informational purposes only and not deemed as a recommendation. Our Automated investing is via SoFi Wealth LLC, and is a registered investment advisor. Our Active investing is via SoFi securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. For additional disclosures related to the SoFi Invest® platforms, please visit www. SoFi.com/Legal. ©2026 Social Finance, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -
Space Investor 17.06.2026 54minSpaceX 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 stations? Exploration and research? Infrastructure and defense? Morgan Brennan, anchor of CNBC’s Morning Call and host of the podcast Manifest Space, says it’s all of the above and so much more. On this episode of The Important Part: Investing with Liz Thomas, Liz and Morgan discuss how this historic IPO will transform the market and upcoming highly anticipated public offerings. Morgan emphasizes long term mindset investors will need to go in on space – think decades and generations, not months and years. Morgan also breaks down how the private sector has transformed space exploration, how innovation happening in low earth orbit is changing lives today, and how all Elon Musk’s companies are building towards the grand vision of putting a million humans on Mars. For more, read Liz’s column every Thursday at On The Money by SoFi, and follow Liz on Twitter @LizThomasStrat. Additional resources: On The Money: Sign up for SoFi's newsletter for intel, insights, and inspo to help you get your money right. Investing 101 Center: At SoFi, we believe investing is for everyone — which is why we’ve created a hub with info for beginners and experts alike. Start exploring to get investment education, advice, resources, and more. Wealth Investing Guide: Information you need to know to make your money work harder for you. This podcast should be used for informational purposes only and not deemed as a recommendation. Our Automated investing is via SoFi Wealth LLC, and is a registered investment advisor. Our Active investing is via SoFi securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. For additional disclosures related to the SoFi Invest® platforms, please visit www. SoFi.com/Legal. ©2026 Social Finance, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -
The Important Part with Liz Thomas | Investing, Markets, and Your Money Explained 15.06.2026This 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 thinking through markets in real time — from where capital is moving to what is driving returns. Subscribe to The Important Part from SoFi for smarter conversations about your money. -
No Energy? No AI 10.06.2026 47minEnergy 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 Liz Thomas, Liz sits down with DrivePath Advisors energy specialist and former Bloomberg anchor Alix Steel to unpack the ripple effects of the global energy shock that’s reshaping everything from inflation and AI to geopolitics and supply chains. Steel explains why the market may still be underestimating the long-term consequences of disruptions in the Middle East, how energy insecurity is forcing countries and companies to rethink the way they operate, and why the next phase of the AI boom could depend less on chips and more on infrastructure. The pair also discuss why oil prices have behaved so strangely during this volatile period, what investors are missing about renewables, and what the next phase of this sector has in store. For more, read Liz’s column every Thursday at On The Money by SoFi, and follow Liz on Twitter @LizThomasStrat. Additional resources: On The Money: Sign up for SoFi's newsletter for intel, insights, and inspo to help you get your money right. Investing 101 Center: At SoFi, we believe investing is for everyone — which is why we’ve created a hub with info for beginners and experts alike. Start exploring to get investment education, advice, resources, and more. Wealth Investing Guide: Information you need to know to make your money work harder for you. This podcast should be used for informational purposes only and not deemed as a recommendation. Our Automated investing is via SoFi Wealth LLC, and is a registered investment advisor. Our Active investing is via SoFi securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. For additional disclosures related to the SoFi Invest® platforms, please visit www. SoFi.com/Legal. ©2026 Social Finance, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -
SpaceX, OpenAI and the Future of IPOs 03.06.2026 34minCompanies 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 tests for how today’s IPO market actually works. In this episode of The Important Part, Liz Thomas sits down with Tom Farley, CEO of Bullish and former president of the New York Stock Exchange. Farley watched roughly 600 companies go public during his time at the NYSE, including Alibaba, Snap and Spotify. But when he took Bullish public himself, he says he saw the process from an entirely different angle. Liz and Tom discuss why the IPO market has changed, what retail investors are bringing to the table, and why some companies may still see public markets as a source of credibility, liquidity and long-term opportunity. They also get into blockchain, tokenized securities, and whether the plumbing of modern finance could look very different in the years ahead. Subscribe to The Important Part for smarter conversations about markets, investing and the forces shaping your financial future. For more, read Liz’s column every Thursday at On The Money by SoFi, and follow Liz on Twitter @LizThomasStrat. Additional resources: On The Money: Sign up for SoFi's newsletter for intel, insights, and inspo to help you get your money right. Investing 101 Center: At SoFi, we believe investing is for everyone — which is why we’ve created a hub with info for beginners and experts alike. Start exploring to get investment education, advice, resources, and more. Wealth Investing Guide: Information you need to know to make your money work harder for you. This podcast should be used for informational purposes only and not deemed as a recommendation. Our Automated investing is via SoFi Wealth LLC, and is a registered investment advisor. Our Active investing is via SoFi securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. For additional disclosures related to the SoFi Invest® platforms, please visit www. SoFi.com/Legal. ©2026 Social Finance, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -
Why Some of The Biggest Investment Opportunities Aren’t on Wall Street 27.05.2026 47minPublic 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 Important Part: Investing with Liz Thomas, Anastasia Amoroso, Chief Investment Strategist at Partners Group, joins Liz to unpack the rapid rise of private markets. From private equity to private credit, Amoroso breaks down why investors may be underestimating just how much value creation is happening outside the stock market. She explains why companies are staying private longer, how AI is reshaping both software and lending markets, and why the next phase of innovation may never hit public exchanges at all. Watch or listen to this episode to learn about some of the headwinds facing private credit and why “innovate or die” may become the defining theme of the AI era. For more, read Liz’s column every Thursday at On The Money by SoFi, and follow Liz on Twitter @LizThomasStrat. Additional resources: On The Money: Sign up for SoFi's newsletter for intel, insights, and inspo to help you get your money right. Investing 101 Center: At SoFi, we believe investing is for everyone — which is why we’ve created a hub with info for beginners and experts alike. Start exploring to get investment education, advice, resources, and more. Wealth Investing Guide: Information you need to know to make your money work harder for you. This podcast should be used for informational purposes only and not deemed as a recommendation. Our Automated investing is via SoFi Wealth LLC, and is a registered investment advisor. Our Active investing is via SoFi securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. For additional disclosures related to the SoFi Invest® platforms, please visit www. SoFi.com/Legal. ©2026 Social Finance, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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