MoneyMasters Podcast 🎙️ 7/31/25: Why Trading Has Gone Social (and What it Means for You!)

Mike Larson | Editor-in-Chief

Trading has gone social – and retail investors are now a market force Wall Street can’t ignore!

In this episode of the MoneyShow MoneyMasters Podcast, we dive into how platforms like Wolf Financial, Stocktwits, and Blossom are transforming the way everyday investors find ideas, build conviction, and connect in real time.

Gav Blaxberg (Wolf Financial), Tom Bruni (Stocktwits), and Tim Johnson (Blossom) reveal what’s trending right now, from meme stock comebacks to covered call ETFs, and how transparency, sentiment data, and social validation are reshaping modern investing behavior.

Whether you’re an active trader or a long-term investor, this episode will change how you think about idea flow, conviction, and community in markets.

Reminder: Tom and Tim will be speaking at the 2025 MoneyShow Toronto, scheduled for Sept. 12-13 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre North. Click here to register.

Meta and Microsoft Wash Away Fed Wipeout — But Will the Strength Persist?

Jay Powell WHO? That’s what investors are saying today after blockbuster earnings news from Meta Platforms Inc. (META) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) washed away the stench of the late-day, Fed-related selloff on Wednesday.

Still, tariff and trade announcements are coming fast and furious — and lousy layoff news is raising questions about conditions in the labor market. For more on what it all means to you as an investor, check out my latest video update on our MoneyShow YouTube channel. 

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• CQP: A High-Yield Stock Profiting From Solid LNG Demand
  👉️ TICKER: CQP
  Cheniere Energy Partners LP (CQP) is an MLP and the biggest US producer and distributor of liquefied natural gas (LNG), as well as the second-largest one worldwide. We are reaffirming our “Buy” recommendation for high-risk taxable portfolios, highlights Martin Fridson, editor of Forbes/Fridson Income Securities Investor.

• ALKS: Positive Narcolepsy Drug Trial Puts this Biotech Name in Focus
  👉️ TICKER: ALKS
  Alkermes Plc (ALKS) recently announced positive topline data from its Phase II Vibrance-1 trial of alixorexton (formerly ALKS 2680) in patients with narcolepsy type 1 (NT1). The Vibrance-1 trial is a global, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multiple dose trial, notes John McCamant, editor of Medical Technology Stock Letter.

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🤖 💸 Zuck's convinced Wall Street to buy into Meta's AI spending blitz. Investors are seeing more returns on Zuckerberg's push for AI dominance. (Opening Bell Daily)