Women And Risk Tolerance: A Modern Perspective

A couple of months ago I was in a Canadian bank branch and I overheard an exchange between a junior financial advisor and a young couple that were setting up an investment account: Advisor : “What is your risk-tolerance?” Woman : “What do you mean by that?” Advisor: “Well that’s a bigger conversation that is probably best left for another day. How about we just say conservative for now?” Woman : “Umm. OK I guess”...