He has promised to be a passive investor and insists he doesn't want board membership or voting rights.
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To me the very phrase 'passive investor' conjures up images of allowing life to happen to you, rather than taking charge of your own destiny.
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However, markets that are as up and down as these are no friend to the passive investor.
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His spokeswoman said that he was a passive investor.
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A passive investor would have seen about half that total return.
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