Thread: Are women more risk-averse than men?
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Old 03-30-2006, 09:31 PM
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Default Re: Are women more risk-averse than men?
As I mentioned before, I have enjoyed taking some risk and watching that risk payoff (so far at least)..

I have a very close friend (male) who inherited a nice sum a few years back. (Several $100K)
He grew up so very poor and up until his inheritance had struggled his whole life financially...He REFUSES (and calls me crazy) to put his money into anything but a bank FDIC money market account. This past year he made a couple thousand dollars in interest...my investments grew almost $15,000....and I have a fraction of what he does...(call me crazy)

So...I still go with 'it depends'....
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