News & Investment Updates From Blueprint Financial Advisors
News
Welcome to La-La Land: This Market Feels Familiar (And Dangerous?)
Right now it feels like this year we’ve been living in a financial version of “La La Land.” Even the historically-seasonal instability of September and October failed to materialize. Like the part in a movie where everything seems fine, even as the ominous soundtrack is shifting, are we in a dreamlike uptrend while potential cracks are forming beneath our feet?
U.S. equity markets are floating at all-time highs. Yet several cross-currents remain:
- New hiring is slowing
- Consumer and wholesale prices are rising
- The full weight of tariffs has not been realized
- The Federal Reserve is signaling more rate cuts, but inflation metrics are sticky
- Small businesses are feeling it
- Big companies are trimming staff
We have seen this movie before.
Investment Update
When Sentiment is Screaming, Discipline is a Differentiator
The past few years have shown how quickly market regimes can shift — from a long stretch of falling rates, to the rapid tightening cycle, and the adjustments we’re seeing today.
These transitions don’t reward prediction; they reward process. When conditions change this quickly, discipline becomes the differentiator. A clear, systematic investing approach keeps decisions grounded in data instead of sentiment, and that matters most when the environment is moving faster than investor intuition can keep up.
Our role isn’t to guess what comes next. It’s to stay aligned with the trends that actually emerge and adapt as those trends evolve. That’s what we believe has the power to keep portfolios steady when cash feels comfortable, and what allows them to participate when other assets begin to strengthen.
Discipline — not timing — is what turns market transitions from a source of anxiety into an opportunity.
This month’s Note looks at how the changing rate landscape influenced T-bills and why a rules-based process helps investors stay aligned with what markets are doing, not what they’re supposed to do.
But first, here’s a summary of the global asset classes utilized in our portfolios and their exposures for December.
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