Episode 284: Why Returns Are Lagging Indicators

Podcast: Family Office Daily · M.C. Laubscher

Opublikowano: 2026-10-12

Stop obsessing over past performance and start understanding why family offices focus on leading indicators, not lagging returns. In this episode of Family Office Daily, M.C. Laubscher reveals why chasing returns is managing wealth in the rearview mirror—and why the wealthy focus on the inputs that drive future performance, not the outputs that reflect past results. Most investors obsessed with returns. What did portfolio do last quarter? What's year-to-date performance? Did we beat S&P 500? Everyone checking returns constantly. But here's what family offices understand most investors miss: Returns are lagging indicators. By time you're measuring returns, ga...