Market Watch: 'Women are better investors, and here’s why'

Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2011-06-28 18:03

Article here. Excerpt:

'Women, on the other hand, do almost everything better. We've known this intuitively for a long time. If you didn't, just ask your wife or your mother. But now there’s a raft of evidence that suggests women are better at everything — including investing.
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“Women were more likely than men to have a greater desire for self-control,” the study concluded.

In other words, they trade less and earn more.

“Women were more likely than men to have a greater desire for self-control,” the study concluded.

In other words, they trade less and earn more.

“Women tend to have lower composure and a greater desire for financial self-control, which is associated with a desire to use self-control strategies. Women are also more likely to believe that these strategies are effective.”'

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Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2011-06-28 22:11

If what the author is saying is true, and women are so much better at everything than men, why aren't all of the affirmative action programs for women immediately terminated, like, say, right away? If anyone needs affirmative action to compete on a level playing field, it's men (or at least so say the logical implications of the author's reasoning.)

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Submitted by insdel2005 on Wed, 2011-06-29 17:32

Uhhhh, did anyone consider that maybe you need to take risks to learn?

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Submitted by fondueguy on Thu, 2011-06-30 22:38