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Women better at holding investment nerve



Women investors are more likely than men to hold their nerve during financial turmoil but are less likely than men to invest overall, according to a new study.

The research, for investment provider Alliance Trust, revealed that women were better at holding their investment nerve and less likely to have crystallised a loss when the market dipped.

Almost half of men (48%) have sold investments at a loss when they have gone down in value to try to avoid losing more money but only 38% of women have done the same.

When asked whether they had stopped or reduced their regular investment payments because the markets had dropped, 17% of men had done so entirely compared to just 12% of women.

Survey Questions:













Sometimes investments go down in value. When this happens, some people decide to cash in their investments at a loss to avoid losing more money. Have you ever sold an investment at a loss?

 

Gender

Total

Men

Women

Yes, within the last year

12%

15%

6%

Yes, within the last 1-2 years

10%

10%

9%

Yes, within the last 3-5 years

13%

12%

14%

Yes, within the last 6-10 years

6%

6%

4%

Yes, over 10 years ago

5%

5%

5%

No

51%

48%

55%

I don’t know

5%

4%

7%

NET: Yes

45%

48%

38%

Source: Alliance Trust / Opinium

 










 

Portfolio value falls 5%

Portfolio value falls 6-10%

Portfolio value falls 11-15%

Portfolio value falls 16%-20%

Portfolio value falls by more than 20%

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

I would stay put / hold

69%

61%

59%

52%

46%

40%

37%

31%

30%

27%

I would sell my investments

12%

14%

12%

17%

21%

19%

22%

18%

21%

21%

I would buy more investments

10%

12%

14%

14%

16%

18%

20%

21%

21%

22%

I would pause regular contributions

5%

9%

10%

10%

12%

13%

13%

16%

14%

12%

Not sure

11%

15%

11%

17%

12%

21%

15%

26%

20%

28%

Source: Alliance Trust / Opinium 

However, the survey also showed that men have more money invested compared to women and were more likely to invest in the stock market. Some 30% of men in the UK have a stocks & shares ISA compared to just 16% of women.

About 17% of men have a general investment account compared to 10% of women while 19% of men have a SIPP compared to 9% of women. Ownership of cash savings was similar.

Men also have more money invested with more than half of the women who do invest (54%) having less than £20,000 invested, compared to 37% of men.

In contrast, 39% of men have more than £50,000 invested while just 28% of women can say the same.

• Consumer research was conducted by Opinium Research, who surveyed 2,000 UK adults in August. Of these, 730 were investors (defined as having a Stocks & Shares ISA, a general investment account, and/ or a self-invested/ self-managed personal pension).



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