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Why women are better investors than men

Testosterone means men are more likely to make quicker judgements and trade more

Why women are better investors than men

A landmark 2001 study showed that women outclassed men as investors by nearly 1% a year. Now we are coming closer to understanding why: Testosterone interferes with the male investor's brain, MarketWatch reports.

A new study from Caltech, Wharton, Western University and ZRT Laboratory found that men are quicker to make judgements and less likely to examine facts that might prove them wrong.

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