WOMEN AND INVESTING

It’s not unusual for women to hold the reins on the family finances, juggling household budgets and allowances, but more and more often they are also faced with taking over the traditionally male role of managing their family’s investment portfolio. According to Oppenheimer, a financial firm, women earn 1 trillion dollars a year, yet they [...]

Key Facts About Women-Owned Businesses

As I was perusing the internet looking for facts about women I came across The Center for Women’s Business Research. Their mission is to provide data to advance the economic, social and political impact of women business owners and their enterprises worldwide. The is a site definitely worth checking out as it gives you the most [...]

Women’s Funding Network

I stumbled upon a site that I thought was worth mentioning since WBW is about women helping women.  The Women’s Funding Network is a world-wide membership of over 100 women’s and girls’ funds. Their members support the solutions of women and girls through local, national and international grants. WFN advances this movement by supporting funds through [...]

Women Develop New Tracts in Commercial Real Estate

Run Date: 01/09/06

By Sandra Guy
WeNews correspondent

The high-paying field of commercial real estate offers a culture and compensation structure that is often problematic for women. Female executives are changing that by mentoring more junior women and opening their own shops.

(WOMENSENEWS)–Gayle Farris is a believer in urban transformations and in a bigger role for women in making [...]

Women Help Explain Sub-Prime Mortgage Jitters

Run Date: 03/05/07

By Sandra Guy
WeNews correspondent

Rising fears of sub-prime mortgage defaults spooked the financial markets last week. One woman’s story and recent studies show how women are disproportionately vulnerable to this financial liability. Advisors recommend pre-mortgage counseling.

(WOMENSENEWS)–U.S. financial markets were rocked last week by worries about the soundness of the “sub-prime”–or higher risk–mortgage market.
Doris Douglas [...]

Women and Wealth

A new study finds that most of today’s wealthy women inherited their wealth and take a backseat to their husbands or advisors when it comes to their investment decisions.
The study, conducted by Asset Management Advisors and scheduled for release later this month, polled 555 women, most with net worths of $1 million or more. The [...]

Oakland Neighborhoods

Quick, name a place in the Bay Area where an average person making an average income can still afford to buy a home, can still afford to live without mortgaging their entire future, can still afford to send the kids to college. Stumped? The anwer is Oakland. Yes, that’s right Oakland. We know the reputation [...]

Doing It For Themselves – women investors aid women entrepreneurs

Woman investors are changing business.
Woman investing is booming. Just look at angel investing.
From New York to Seattle to Los Angeles, high-net-worth women are creating both informal and formal networks, and often the beneficiaries of this financial muscleflexing are woman entrepreneurs.

What Women Investors Should Know

As a woman, and an investor, your role in shaping your financial future is as important as the many other roles you play in life. That’s why taking control today is essential to helping you realize your dreams for tomorrow. Whether you are just beginning to develop your investment strategy or are refining a current [...]

Small-Scale Charity Idea Aims For Impact on Massive Scale

There’s a difference between a hand up and a handout. The former has gained philanthropic stature lately, thanks to the popularity of microfinancing, a contemporary form of charity that enables donors to give to organizations that in turn make small business loans to individuals.
The idea is that real need is best served by finding ways [...]