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Today's Market Explained Podcast with Brian Kasal Financial experts from FourStar Wealth Advisors explain today's market for all to understand.

21/11/2025

📉 U.S. employment is slowing—yet job openings remain high, creating a growing mismatch in the labor market.
📊 Brian Kasal and Chris Reardon break down the Beveridge Curve, which tracks the gap between job seekers and available jobs. That gap is widening, signaling skills shortages and a cooling (but not collapsing) labor market.
đŸ€” What does this mean for economic growth and the market outlook?

🎧 Hear this full episode #225 of “Today’s Market Explained” wherever you listen to podcasts!





20/11/2025

🚀 Nvidia just hit a historic milestone—surpassing a $5 trillion market cap, making it larger than the GDP of every country except the U.S. and China.
đŸ’” Meanwhile, a massive $7 trillion sits in cash funds, waiting for interest rates to fall.
📈 Brian Kasal and Chris Reardon discuss how rate cuts could send that cash back into the market—and what Nvidia’s dominance signals for the broader AI trend.

🎧 Hear this full episode #225 of “Today’s Market Explained” wherever you listen to podcasts!





19/11/2025

⚡ Utilities remain shockingly strong—but the real frenzy is AI.
đŸ€– Companies are pouring tens of billions into artificial intelligence, sending tech stocks soaring
 even though no one can clearly explain how AI will generate real profits yet.
📉 Brian Kasal and Chris Reardon question whether this wave of spending mirrors the overinvestment of the early 2000s, and whether the AI boom ends with a bang—or a whimper.

🎧 Hear this full episode #225 of “Today’s Market Explained” wherever you listen to podcasts!





18/11/2025

đŸ€– AI may be the biggest wildcard in the U.S. economy—full of promise, but packed with unknowns.
📈 Brian Kasal and Chris Reardon discuss whether artificial intelligence can finally unlock U.S. productivity, boost GDP growth, and create a “multiplier effect”
 or whether it simply leads to layoffs and economic disruption before new jobs emerge.
🔍 We're still early—and investors should be watching closely.

🎧 Hear this full episode #225 of “Today’s Market Explained” wherever you listen to podcasts!





09/11/2025

đŸš« A government shutdown means missing data—and mixed signals.
📉 With key reports like PMI and inflation delayed, only a few indicators are trickling out. One of them: U.S. consumer sentiment, which dipped slightly to 55 in October.
💡 Brian Kasal and Chris Reardon unpack what this small drop—and the broader data blackout—could mean for investors watching inflation, labor, and spending trends.

🎧 Hear this full episode #224 of “Today’s Market Explained” wherever you listen to podcasts!





08/11/2025

📈 The market’s at new highs—but it doesn’t feel like it.
đŸ’€ With returns hovering in the mid-teens and sector movements offsetting each other, Brian Kasal and Chris Reardon call it a “Goldilocks market”—not too hot, not too cold.
đŸ€” What does this quiet climb mean for investors heading into year-end?

🎧 Hear this full episode #224 of “Today’s Market Explained” wherever you listen to podcasts!





07/11/2025

📊 With a 25-point gap between the best and worst sectors, 2025 is a year for active strategy—not autopilot.
💡 Brian Kasal and Chris Reardon explain how relative strength investing—overweighting strong sectors and trimming the weak—can help investors beat the benchmark.
⚠ But beware: chasing a single hot sector like tech could mean taking on more risk than you realize.

🎧 Hear this full episode #224 of “Today’s Market Explained” wherever you listen to podcasts!





06/11/2025

đŸ’» Tech is back on top.
After a strong rally, information technology has reclaimed the #1 spot as 2025’s best-performing sector—up 22.67% year to date, edging out utilities at 22.32%.
📈 Brian Kasal and Chris Reardon break down the top-performing asset classes, the widening gap between leaders and laggards, and what it all means for investors heading into Q4.

🎧 Hear this full episode #224 of “Today’s Market Explained” wherever you listen to podcasts!





01/11/2025

📉 The economy’s slowing—but not by much.
đŸ’” The Fed’s latest 25 basis point cut sparked debate: are policymakers cautious about reigniting inflation, or simply managing a soft landing?
đŸ‡ș🇾 Brian Kasal and Chris Reardon call it a “Goldilocks market”—not too hot, not too cold—with $17 trillion in new U.S. investments signaling long-term optimism.

🎧 Hear this full episode #223 of “Today’s Market Explained” wherever you listen to podcasts!





31/10/2025

⚡ AI isn’t just transforming tech—it’s reshaping the energy sector.
🧠 With data centers driving record electricity demand, utilities and natural gas are suddenly market leaders.
â˜ąïž Brian Kasal and Chris Reardon unpack the new energy narrative—from nuclear restarts to AI-fueled consumption—and why utilities are taking on an unexpectedly aggressive role in this bull market.

🎧 Hear this full episode #223 of “Today’s Market Explained” wherever you listen to podcasts!





30/10/2025

📊 The S&P 500’s best performer—utilities at +22%—is outpacing the worst sector, consumer staples, by nearly 20 points.
đŸ”„ With the market melting upward and five up days for every one down, Brian Kasal and Chris Reardon explain how rotating toward strength and away from laggards helps investors beat the 14.7% benchmark.
⚡ Plus, why utilities’ breakout is one of the most unusual stories of this bull market.

🎧 Hear this full episode #223 of “Today’s Market Explained” wherever you listen to podcasts!





29/10/2025

⚡ Utilities just shocked the market—now the best-performing sector of 2025, overtaking tech with a 22% gain year to date.
💊 Healthcare staged a major comeback, while consumer staples and real estate lagged behind.
📈 Brian Kasal and Chris Reardon break down what’s driving this rotation—and what investors should watch next.

🎧 Hear this full episode #223 of “Today’s Market Explained” wherever you listen to podcasts!





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