I'm a little confused. I have read a lot of stuff about investing and assets but it all feels generally the same.
For example, I was reading about investing into real estate. It looks like I have two options:
- Invest in real estate by becoming a land lord and owning a property (entrepreneur)
- Invest in a real estate stock/ETF and have a portfolio that makes money over time (investor)
This sounds pretty much exactly like stocks. I can start my own company, invest in a single company, or invest in indexes depending on how volatile I want my investment to be.
Everything beyond this seems like an attempt to predict the future or time the market. There's a bunch of math and market analysis and all sorts of stuff that helps us feel like the investment will work out, but I can't find anything that has statistics which back up the method and show they actually increase your likelihood to succeed.
I feel like I am oversimplifying it. I want to invest more seriously but I am nervous because, at this point, I feel it's an entirely sound strategy to just diversify my portfolio with proportions I am okay with and fire away. Help me understand what I am missing please.
Submitted October 29, 2021 at 09:30AM by Voxmanns https://ift.tt/3nEgZZy
