Life differences make women less risk tolerant when investing

(University of Missouri-Columbia) Prior research has long shown that women are less risk tolerant in their financial decisions than men. Now, a researcher from the University of Missouri has found that men and women do not think about investment risks differently. Instead, income uncertainty affects men and women differently, which leads to differences in risk tolerance.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news