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Why Women Can Thrive

Call it the maternal instinct to protect what you already have or a critical eye, but women tend to take less investment risk.¹

Studies have found that women are less aggressive than men when it comes to investing. While pursuing a less aggressive investing strategy in your younger years might hurt you in the long run, it can be a good idea to reevaluate how much investment risk you’re taking as you get closer to and enter retirement. This is because unlike when you were 30, you don’t have as much time to rebuild your savings if they take a hit. It may be that a woman’s higher risk-awareness is quite valuable when it comes to financial planning. In fact, numerous studies have found that female investors outperform their male counterparts.²

[1] https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/031313/women-and-investing-its-style-thing.asp

[2] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/11/women-investors-are-still-outperforming-men-study-finds.html#:~:text=On%20 average%2C%20women%20investors%20achieve,2011%20to%20December%202020%20shows.