Women's Investing Conference: Warren Buffett Invests Like a Girl - The Motley Fool - LouAnn Lofton



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  1. This is really interesting. I am the only woman I know among my friends and family who invests in the stock market and other things. I graduated into the start of the recession and spent all of my 20s literally begging for any job going. I couldn't rely on a regular income (and any temp jobs I could get were badly paid), couldn't get a company pension, didn't have enough money to buy into property or a company and investing in the stock market was the only accessible thing I could think of that might get me out of poverty later on in life. I'm not a confident person (very much an introvert, so I'm happy to sit and read financial and economic reports by myself). I'm also HF autistic, so I likely have more free time than most (I don't watch TV, go out partying or on holiday) and can spend a few hours a day after work studying the market. I taught myself basic accounting and economics after university and it took me two years to save up my first £1k to invest. I don't take big risks as I can't afford to lose money, but I've turned that initial £1k into £13k in seven years which I am happy with.

    It's allowed me to stop panicking over whether I can afford rent or food, which is a great feeling. I can now branch out a bit into other things as I have more resource to play with. I'm not sure if all women are great investors. Other women I know have no interest or knowledge in basic finance, let alone investing. So perhaps that skews the stats a bit as the women who are investing are already engaged with the process. I can't talk to anyone I know about investing as it is Russian to them, so I imagine this discourages many would be female investors.


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