There's something to be said for getting firsthand experience.
When Sheryl Sandberg said women need to "lean in" in the workplace, there's the other part of the equation: women need to lean in in the investment world as well.
The biggest barrier against women learning how to invest their own money are themselves. Research has shown that number of brokerage accounts held by women are only one quarter of those by men. Women have the tendency to postpone taking the risk. We want to be sure we are ready before we take the plunge. But women won't be ready until we try it.
Investing is a skill that you can only acquire by doing. Start now. If you are not comfortable with the whole investment idea, the best way to overcome the fear is to embrace it. Go open a brokerage account, put in some money – say $1,000 – and test the waters. To have an account and real money in it makes you care.
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