Women not only earn less than men, we invest less too, meaning we miss the opportunity to grow our wealth on a scale larger than any paltry savings account interest rate can offer.
Jennifer Barrett, chief education officer of Acorns, the savings and investing app, and founding editor of Grow, its personal finance magazine site targeting Millennials, joins Jennifer to talk about the messaging most women hear about money from childhood on — and why it’s so important to embrace our financial future.
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Episode Links
Could The Coronavirus Pandemic Shift Gender Roles Once And For All?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferbarrett/2020/05/11/could-the-coronavirus-pandemic-shift-gender-roles-once-and-for-all/#11fd85ec4240
Why We All Need to Think Like Breadwinners
https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_barrett_why_we_all_need_to_think_like_breadwinners_jan_2019
Women and Investing: The Gender Wealth Gap Nobody Talks About
https://www.sofi.com/blog/women-investing-gender-wealth-gap-nobody-talks/
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