Women tend to live longer and move in and out of the paid labor force more frequently. Even women who work full-time, average fewer years of work experience than men, so they build up less seniority, and their retirement savings lag. Nowhere is this Mars-versus-Venus divide more apparent than when it comes to investing in the stock market. Far more women than men express a lack of confidence in their ability to invest. As a result, many women either don’t do it at all, or invest too conservatively.
