“Women tend to have a better track record in investing - when they invest - than men do, because they tend to take a longer-term perspective. They tend to trade less. They tend to shift in and out of stocks or mutual funds less often.” MenTermRecordsPerspectiveTradeInvestingTrackFundMutualTrack RecordMutual Fund Author:Sallie Krawcheck
“Women, girls and young ladies tend to be as good or better at math than boys, but you didn't think that either.” ThinkingYoungGirlBoysMathYoung Ladies Author:Sallie Krawcheck
“I would say one of the reasons that women don't invest to the same extent that men do, is because we still think of it in some ways as a male pursuit.” ThinkingMenWayStillsReasonMalesPursuit Author:Sallie Krawcheck
“Your adrenaline starts to go when the market opens in the morning. It's like sports programming.” SportsMorningProgrammingAdrenaline Author:Sallie Krawcheck
“The industry financial advisers, on average about 85% male, tends to be a more mature financial adviser - so I think in their 50s, really. For so many companies, in their 60s. In fact, there is one company that was telling me they had more financial advisers over the age of 80 than under the age of 30.” ThinkingFactsAgeCompanyIndustryMalesFinancialAverageMatureAdviser Author:Sallie Krawcheck
“Typically, when you ask a financial adviser sitting with a couple: Do you treat the man and woman differently? They say, "No!"” MenAsksHe ManCoupleSittingMen And WomenTreatsFinancialAdviser Author:Sallie Krawcheck
“Women tell us that they do feel patronized. They do feel like they don't have the time and the space to have their questions answered.” FeelsSpace Author:Sallie Krawcheck
“Fundraisers treat men completely differently than women. As a matter of fact, many of them have the default on their direct mail set up to read "Mister," and it really rankles a lot of women.” MenMatterFactsDirectTreatsMailMatter Of FactDefaultFundraiser Author:Sallie Krawcheck
“If a woman waits 10 years to invest, "I'm busy", "I've got to do this", "I can put it off", "I gotta find the right financial..." It costs her $100 a day. $100 a day! And if we had money falling out of her pocketbook at the rate of $100 a day, we'd change our pocketbook; we'd fix our pocketbook.” IfsYearsI CanFallWaitingCostRateBusyFinancialPocketbooks Author:Sallie Krawcheck
“If a woman is making $85,000 a year, putting aside 20% of her income, putting it in a bank, earning very little...Over the course of her life vs. investing, this can cost her $1.5 million, $2 million, $2.5 million. Life changing amounts.” IfsYearsLittlesCoursesMillionsAmountCostInvestingIncomeLife ChangingEarning Author:Sallie Krawcheck