It seems overconfidence may be causing mento make bad decisions -- and
proving that women constitute the more successful half of the species.
A new study, conducted by Barclays Wealth and Ledbury Research, has
apparently shown that women are less likely to take risks, at least on
Wall Street. According to TIME, this risk-adverse mentality keeps
female traders from making rash decisions.
The study made waves when the Wall Street Journal's David Weidner
centered his column around it.
From Weidner's column:
The study supported previous findings that women tend to make more. A
2005 study by Merrill Lynch found that 35% of women held an investment
too long, compared with 47% of men. Moreover, an academic study in
2009 found women made 1% more annually.
Other studies have also backed up these results and even shown that
during the height of the financial crisis women were more likely to
buy and hold, as compared to men.
From TIME:
More recently, in 2009, a study by the mutual fund company Vanguard
involving 2.7 million personal investors concluded that during the
recent financial crisis, men were more likely than women to sell
shares of stocks at all-time lows, leading to bigger losses among male
traders. It also meant fewer gains when some of the stock values began
to rise again.
The reason for this risky overconfidence in men might come down to
biology. According to The Guardian, some studies have suggested that
testosterone actually surges in men during winning streaks, and could
potentially drive them to make rasher decisions.
The phenomenon is very similar to the so-called "winner effect," which
is most often associated with athletes, and specifically, steroid use,
according to TIME.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/29/women-are-better-than-men_n_887148.html
The Huffington Post Dean Praetorius First Posted: 6/29/11 06:43 PM
ET Updated: 7/19/11 10:50 AM ET
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