Women of the Street Why Female Money Managers Generate Higher Returns & How You Can Too

Why would an investor care whether you wear Louboutins or loafers when managing their money?

It has been proven that women invest differently than men. Collectively, their approach has proven profitable and reliable, and it outperforms the industry at large. Deploying and more widely disseminating some of the techniques that women instinctively use can be beneficial to investors, male and female.

 

This book celebrates the steady and consistent execution of an investment strategy that results in long-term out-performance. The portfolio managers interviewed (Leah Zell, Thyra Zerhusen, Fran Tuite, and more) exemplify the best traits that women investors tend to exhibit. Their example will help urge the next generation of women portfolio managers forward, and their wisdom can inform your investment decisions, no matter what your gender. After reading this book, the author hopes you learn from them and start investing a little more like a girl.

Why would an investor care whether a money manager wears Louboutins or loafers? Because money - how to keep it and how to make more of it - is on everyone's mind. And research shows it pays to invest with or like a woman.
Study after study shows that women invest differently than men. From less overconfidence, overtrading, and testosterone to a greater tolerance for market noise and more consistent application of investment strategy, there are a number reasons why women approach investing in a unique way. Women create both cognitive and behavioral "alpha" with their investment style which contributes over the long-run to outsized investment returns.
Women of The Street looks at behavioral and biological investment research to explore how women think about investing, and to determine why women may have a money management edge. The book then identifies and interviews 11 top female 'market wizards' in hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, and other asset classes to see how women's innate investing characteristics translate in different strategies and markets into significant profits.
The conversations provide market wisdom that can enhance your portfolio, regardless of your gender. It also provides interesting "insider information" on the financial industry. And finally, Women of The Street provides role models for the next generation of female money managers.

Women invest differently than men. Collectively, their approach has proven profitable and reliable, and it outperforms the industry at large. The portfolio managers interviewed in this book exemplify the best traits that women investors tend to exhibit. Read Women of the Street to learn from them and start investing a little more like a girl.

Meredith A. Jones is best known for creating industry-leading hedge fund research. She has presented her original research and insights to industry participants around the world and has had her findings published in books, journals, industry publications, and international major media outlets, including the Economist, the New York Times, CNBC, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, the Journal of Investing, and others

Part 1: The Research

Introduction: The Women

Chapter 1: The Feminine Investing Mystique

Part II: From Theory to Practice

Chapter 2: Aim Small, Miss Small: Targeting International Small Company Stocks

Chapter 3: Quite Contrary: Going Long in Mid-Cap Stocks

Chapter 4: Getting Extra from Ordinary: Investing Long and Short in Micro and Small Caps

Chapter 5: She Blinded Me With Science: Long and Short Biotech Investing

Chapter 6: Puzzling It Out: Investing in Distressed Credit

Chapter 7: Making all the Rules: Relative Value and Directional Credit Investing

Chapter 8: In the Beginning: Investing in Seed and Early Stage Venture Capital

Chapter 9: The Pragmatist: Growth Equity Investing

Chapter 10: Mrs. Fix-It: Distressed and Turnaround Private Equity Investing

Chapter 11: Billion Dollar Listing: Real Estate Investing

Chapter 12: The Sleuths: Fund of Funds Investing

Part II: Investing as and Like a Girl

Chapter 13: Lessons From The 'Broad' Market