If you thought men had a leg up on investing, you’d have been wrong. Turns out women investors are actually edging them out with a slightly higher rate of return.
That news comes out of a Fidelity Investments survey that also shows women investors consistently save more of their paychecks in the 401(k)s and other workplace retirement accounts.
And women investors are outperforming men despite their own belief that they’re not up to par: only 9% of women surveyed thought women would make better investors.
“The results of Fidelity’s latest analysis reinforces that women too often underestimate their strengths as savers and investors,” said Alexandra Taussig, senior vice president of women investors at Fidelity in a press release.
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