Fred Hubler’s article looks at three big promises tied to investing, passive income, liquidity, and access to private markets, and argues that today’s smartest investors increasingly rely on data rather than gut feelings or old-school methods to navigate the reality that these promises aren’t as simple as they sound.
He challenges the idea of “passive” investing, using real estate as an example: while it’s pitched as generating steady cash flow from rents or rising property values with little effort, he notes that anyone who has owned property knows there’s nothing passive about it, since investors are constantly researching markets, crunching numbers, managing tenants, and checking performance, even after handing off day-to-day work to a property manager.
So what’s the point? Even the most “passive” investments still take real, ongoing work – the difference now is that data helps investors manage that work more efficiently.
See the full article here: The New Rules Of Investing: How Data Is Changing The Game.