Explaining the Wealth Gap
Despite a fair amount of progress, women still only earn about 79 cents for every dollar a man makes. Countless advocates have dedicated their time
Despite a fair amount of progress, women still only earn about 79 cents for every dollar a man makes. Countless advocates have dedicated their time
Women have had to deal with the “overindulgent spendthrift” stereotype for ages, and it has led mostly advisors to accept what financial journalist Helaine Olen
For 20 years, Annamaria Lusardi, an Italian-born economist and researcher, has been testing people all over the world on their financial knowledge. She has become
Back in 2005, Larry Summers — then, the president of Harvard University — was asked to speak about the underrepresentation of women in science and
When a Washington, D.C-based nonprofit held a series of investment seminars for women nurses at a local hospital, only one or two nurses showed up.
In the world of finance, women have long been depicted as indecisive investors, insecure about their financial knowledge and the decisions they make with money.
Think women are more risk averse than men? Consider this myth busted. Eighty-five percent of women believe that risk-taking is beneficial when investing. In 2015,
Millennials experienced the financial crisis first-hand. And many of us were unlucky enough to graduate college during the worst job market since the Great Depression.
Most financial advisors say that you should keep emotions and investing separate: “Emotions cloud your judgment.” “Emotions have no place among the pie charts and
There’s a myth that has permeated the financial services industry for decades: that men are better investors than women. But it turns out that assumption
