Do men and woman 'play' the stock market differently?

[nelly]

Hi to all...........just a thought..........as I think we male/female have different emotional responses whether this would affect the way we 'played' the market. I know it is analysis/techs etc but emotion does play a big part.

 

[Sean K]

Well, for a start I reckon there'd be a lower % of chicks 'playing' the market. You are generally more conservative when investing I think. You'd rather put money in the bank earning 5%, buy a house, or buy shoes.

Just my circle of friends though.

 

[TraderPro]

Hi to all...........just a thought..........as I think we male/female have different emotional responses whether this would affect the way we 'played' the market. I know it is analysis/techs etc but emotion does play a big part.

It is often said in a lot of trading books that women tend to be better traders than men.

The author's main reasoning is that men tend to have a ego and because of that affects their judgement in trading.

I read somewhere that women have the discipline to follow rules while men want to challenge them.

 

[nelly]

Well, for a start I reckon there'd be a lower % of chicks 'playing' the market. You are generally more conservative when investing I think. You'd rather put money in the bank earning 5%, buy a house, or buy shoes.

Just my circle of friends though.

'or buy shoes'...ooooh..that hurt
Trust you to go the percentages.. I for one would love to make heaps of mullah speculating......[admittedly, six months supply of valium would help]
I think women, if individually so inclined, would be more ruthless compared to men.

 

[Bobby]

Yes !
Females seem do have a more refined ability to seperate fear & greed so as to make the best Trading decisions at times.

But !
When it comes to pure mental gymnastics, the male shines .
E.g. great inventions - Males dominate .

I played comp chess at a high level & only once suffered a loss by a female, but what a female ( GM Juliet Polgar ) who at one time was in the top 20 players on the planet .

Bob.

 

[nelly]

Yes !
Females seem do have a more refined ability to seperate fear & greed so as to make the best Trading decisions at times.

But !
When it comes to pure mental gymnastics, the male shines .
E.g. great inventions - Males dominate .

I played comp chess at a high level & only once suffered a loss by a female, but what a female ( GM Juliet Polgar ) who at one time was in the top 20 players on the planet .

Bob.

Hi Bob...
So does that mean you guys can do the research/charts/analysis better?
Do you go for a stock purely on analysis?......Everything on a level field do you go with your gut at all?...[And would you ever stop and ask for directions]

 

[Bobby]

Hi Bob...
So does that mean you guys can do the research/charts/analysis better?
Do you go for a stock purely on analysis?......Everything on a level field do you go with your gut at all?...[And would you ever stop and ask for directions]

Hullo Nelly,

I can only speak for myself to your questions.

I use my own form of analysis ( true ratios ) that has produced great profit untill recently.
I think Ego overwhelmed me . ( mental Stops ) .
My own brazen impudence has been the catalyst for resent performance, I'm a ******** !

Yes intuition is a wonderful tool ( just test yours ).
As for directions, yes I'm not yet intransigent I hope ?

Bob.

 

[Realist]

My 2 cents for what it is worth..

As with most things in life the best men are the best at most things, women and most men are in the middle and the worst performers are the worst men.

So the greatest investor is always going to be a male, and the dumbest worst investor losing money all over the place is going to be a male as well.

Females are never at the extremes. They are by nature safer than men. More open to learning and listening to others and they follow rules more.

You can only be the greatest or the worst by not listening to other people, breaking rules and taking huge risks - females therefore are never the greatest or worst.

It seems to me the bell curve is populated by some men at the extremes and women and most men in the middle.

Anyone agree with this, it is just my opinion, I made this up basically, but it seems true???

 

[phoenixrising]

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http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/odean/

Scroll down to boys will be boys.

 

[Realist]

Yes intuition is a wonderful tool

Intuition is as useful as hindsight.

Worthless in all practical terms.

"yes I knew that share would triple in a year, I never bought it but I could just tell"

 

[Realist]

http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/odean/

we document that men trade 45 percent more than women and earn annual risk-adjusted net returns that are 1.4 percent less than those earned by women.

I suspect Warren Buffett was not part of their "scientific" survey.

Interestingly they assume the more you trade the more you lose, which I somewhat agree with, but to suggest women earn more than men on investments on average is ridiculous - I imagine half the women in the world combined have not made as much as Buffett alone. (who is a male by the way )

 

[nelly]

Intuition is as useful as hindsight.

Worthless in all practical terms.

"yes I knew that share would triple in a year, I never bought it but I could just tell"

Hi realist..I'M definitely not a full member.....or quid for that matter.
Don't you agree that for anything [intuition] to be usefull you have to act upon it..... Hindsight/retrospect/history all good indicators.....but you have to factor them in.
I'm interested in how we all trade psycological versus technical.......emotional versus analytical....mixture of both with balance?
Cheers...what r u doin up soooo late anyway?

 

[nelly]

My 2 cents for what it is worth..

As with most things in life the best men are the best at most things, women and most men are in the middle and the worst performers are the worst men.

So the greatest investor is always going to be a male, and the dumbest worst investor losing money all over the place is going to be a male as well.

Females are never at the extremes. They are by nature safer than men. More open to learning and listening to others and they follow rules more.

You can only be the greatest or the worst by not listening to other people, breaking rules and taking huge risks - females therefore are never the greatest or worst.

It seems to me the bell curve is populated by some men at the extremes and women and most men in the middle.

Anyone agree with this, it is just my opinion, I made this up basically, but it seems true???

Hi realist.. How bout this scenario.........as with most things in life.....most woman are the best at most things..the best woman are the best at everything.....the best men are mediocre at best...and the worst men are just lousy at everything.... IMHO :

 

[visual]

I suspect Warren Buffett was not part of their "scientific" survey.

Interestingly they assume the more you trade the more you lose, which I somewhat agree with, but to suggest women earn more than men on investments on average is ridiculous - I imagine half the women in the world combined have not made as much as Buffett alone. (who is a male by the way )

Of course half the women on the planet havent made as much as Buffett combined.
Remember men kept us from even owing property,we were chattels.We also didnt inherit as much as man,and were kept out of the professions that man have exclusively enjoyed for eons,Case in point,Buffett dad was a stockbrocker,so he had a head start even if it was just being surrounded by the information.

 

[nelly]

Of course half the women on the planet havent made as much as Buffett combined.
Remember men kept us from even owing property,we were chattels.We also didnt inherit as much as man,and were kept out of the professions that man have exclusively enjoyed for eons,Case in point,Buffett dad was a stockbrocker,so he had a head start even if it was just being surrounded by the information.

Good mornin' visual
Prompted by your comment about Buffett's father, does anyone think it is more environment[good/bad at stocks] I mean, does Buffett have any sisters who 'play' the markets?
Cheers....have a nice day

 

[visual]

Good mornin' visual
Prompted by your comment about Buffett's father, does anyone think it is more environment[good/bad at stocks] I mean, does Buffett have any sisters who 'play' the markets?
Cheers....have a nice day

Nelly,my response had more to do with Realist saying that women werent very good at making money,or implying that .
Buffett I`m not sure but surely especially during the depression it would have to have played a part.

 

[Realist]

Remember men kept us from even owing property,we were chattels.We also didnt inherit as much as man,and were kept out of the professions that man have exclusively enjoyed for eons,Case in point

I hope you do not go through life blaming any lack of success on another gender.

If anything men have helped more than hindered women in history. Any female world leader was voted in by both men and women, any female CEO was probably chosen by mostly men. Any goverment policy about equal opportunity or maternity leave or anything like that was done by mostly men.

Most students at University's are women, society if anything helps females more than males. Hence more men are in prison, in psychiatric wards, men die younger, men work longer hours - earn more money and women spend more money.

It would be ridiculous to claim everything good was created by men alone, and even more ridiculous to blame anything (like war, poverty) on men alone.

 

[visual]

Realist,when you make statements ,such as weath-women in general.You are making an historical statement,hence yes men are to blame for us not having or controlling the same or similar wealth as men in general.
Men help women, get a grip,lets see a man rapes a woman ,she asks for it,short skirt,too much makeup,ect,man kills woman -passion,woman kills man-bitch.

Everything women have achieved has been in spite of what men have done to prevent it not because.

 

[Realist]

Nelly,my response had more to do with Realist saying that women werent very good at making money,or implying that .

Where did I say that?

I merely said that the greatest investors have been men. This is common knowledge, there is nothing to debate here - I know it pains you to admit it but Warren Buffet is a male, simple as that.

I can not think of any truly great female investors, if you can please name them?

I never said the average male is better than the average female at investing, I'm guessing they would be about equal.

 

[Realist]

Everything women have achieved has been in spite of what men have done to prevent it not because.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard in my whole entire life.

Where did you get this hatred of men?

And why on earth would you mention rape on a stock forum?

What have men done to you personally that is so bad?