There have been several studies/surveys showing that, on average, women tend to have lower-risk portfolios than men. This week I came across an article by Helaine Olen at The Atlantic, which I thought presented a good hypothesis for why that might be the case.
- Why Women Don’t Take Risks with Their Money from Helaine Olen
Other Worthwhile Investing Articles
- Why IPOs Underperform from Larry Swedroe
- Are Low Early Withdrawal Penalties on CDs Worth It? from The Finance Buff
- Best HSA for Investing from Financial Ramblings
- How Practical is Tactical? from Jason Zweig (regarding tactical asset allocation)
- Why Tactical is Impractical from Rick Ferri
- Stocks: How to Play the Fiscal Cliff from Allan Roth
- A Tip for (Older) Spousal Beneficiaries of an IRA from Jim Blankenship
- Explaining Risk to Clients: An Advisory Perspective from Wade Pfau discussing a paper of the same name
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Hi. I'm Mike Piper, the author of this blog. I'm a CPA and the author of several personal finance books. The point of this blog is to show that investing doesn't have to be complicated. 
