shows women outperformed men in high-conviction strategies by 7.5 percentage points last financial year, which for an average portfolio equated to an upside of $75,000.
“Women are often reported to achieve higher investment returns and many commentators assume they do so in part due to risk-averse behaviour,” he said.“These findings show the opposite is true, with female investors who adopt the higher-risk strategies outperforming their male peers in a range of market conditions.”
The data shows the five most common stocks in high-conviction strategies adopted by high net worth investors , both male and female, last financial year were:, an ASX-listed company that provides construction, maintenance and engineering services to the energy, resources and infrastructure sectors., one of New Zealand’s largest listed companies.
“These investors’ positions are evenly spread across all sectors between the group, showing a willingness to opportunistically move into new sectors or stocks based on their own research or advice from their broker,” it says.Mr Ferrall said men and women appeared to adopt different investment strategies to achieve similar results.