Women and The Financial Markets – 10 Facts and Quotes to Read In Celebration Of International Women’s Day.

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<p>Today we support and appreciate the women in our lives and especially the personas who are creating new and inspiring trends in the finance world. For a long period of time, women representation in the world of finance and trading was somewhat minuscule, with only 12% of EU traders being female. However, there is a noticeable shift that more female investors started joining the trading realm.</p>

<h2><strong>Here are 3 interesting facts about women and the financial markets:</strong></h2>

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<li>On average, women outperform men by 0.4%. However, only 9% of women think they make better investors than men.</li>

<li>Since 2018, the number of females investing outside of retirement grew by 23%, according to <a href="https://www.fidelity.com/bin-public/060_www_fidelity_com/documents/about-fidelity/FidelityInvestmentsWomen&amp;InvestingStudy2021.pdf">Fidelity</a>.</li>

<li><a href="https://www.fidelity.com/bin-public/060_www_fidelity_com/documents/about-fidelity/FidelityInvestmentsWomen&amp;InvestingStudy2021.pdf">50% of women</a> say they are more interested in investing since the start of the pandemic.</li>
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<p>In celebration of International Women’s Day, we thought we’d find a little inspiration from the strong female business leaders of the world. </p>

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<h2><strong>7 inspiring quotes from women business leaders:</strong></h2>

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<li>“There is no substitute for hard work. There is a little luck along the way, but there is no substitute for really super-hard work, first in, last out.” Mary Callahan Erdoes CEO, Asset &amp; Wealth Management, JPMorgan Chase</li>

<li>“In the world of money, which is a world shaped by human behavior, nobody has the foggiest notion of what will happen in the future. Mark that word – Nobody!” Linda Bradford Raschke, LBR Asset Management.</li>

<li>“Option A is not available. So let’s kick the sh** out of option B.” – Sheryl Sandberg , COO of Facebook</li>

<li>“If you’re clear on what you believe, you have a great foundation to go make a market.”—Ginni Rometty, Chairman, president and CEO of IBM</li>

<li>“I’m a believer. I’m one of the few standing before you today from a large financial services company that has not given up on digital currencies.” Abigail Johnson Chair and CEO, Fidelity Investments</li>

<li>“2023: The Building Blocks of The New Economy. If we can get to that point where we have a known interest rate environment, even if inflation is still a little elevated, I think we can operate in that environment for a long time” Adena Friedman President and CEO, Nasdaq</li>

<li>“There is enough data that you can truly make a difference in how you’re investing. It’s a way to get engaged with companies; that’s the new flavor in sustainability – is ‘corporate engagement’.” Suni Harford President, UBS Asset Management</li>
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