Women & Investing Survey Finds: Widows = Model Investors

Single, Married and Divorcees Can Benefit From Their Financial Approach
 
Retirement On the Mind Yet Half of Women Respondents Do Not Participate in a Retirement Plan
 
 
NEW YORK, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ — A newly released national survey finds that whether women are single, married and co-habitants, divorced or widowed can have key differences in their [...]

Rent-to-own risks, rewards

November 12, 2007, Inman Blog
Some home sellers are turning back the pages of an old playbook in offering to turn renters into buyers. The market slump has resurfaced contracts that can bring rental income to sellers and give renters the ability to work toward the purchase of the home they are renting.
These rent-to-own contracts, [...]

Is buying home today a good investment?

Answer depends on whether goals are short- or long-term
Monday, November 05, 2007 Inman News

Up until the recent slowdown, homeowners in many parts of the country saw the value of their homes rise rapidly. Home prices, in many areas, seemed to move in just one direction: up.
A combination of record-low interest rates and rapid price appreciation [...]

The New ‘Wealth Management Exchange’ Website Helps High Net Worth Investors Gain Control Of Their Portfolios and Estates

NEW YORK, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ — High net worth investors now have the opportunity to exchange investment strategies and ideas as well as tap into the knowledge and experience of some of the world’s foremost financial advisors, writers and market experts.
Wealth Management Exchange (http://www.wealthmanagementexchange.com/) is a new online community for affluent investors.
“Our estates and investments [...]

Stereotypes of Wealthy Women Challenged In New Study From Asset Management Advisors

PALM BEACH, Fla./PRNewswire/ — Wealthy women today are not only wealthy, but well educated and working too. They give education and work a high priority, manage their own money and careers, are philanthropic, and want to give their children equal shares in their wealth, a recent study sponsored by Asset Management Advisors (AMA) concluded.
AMA’s CEO, [...]

The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women

Every once in a while I’ll pick up Forbes magazine if there is something of interest on the cover that I can relate to and have the time to read.  Last week or so I discovered the special report on The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.   It’s an incredibly inspiring report that I’ve saved [...]

Statistics about women vs men

As I was perusing the web today I came across an intersting article about how single women are buying homes in record numbers. It goes on to say that if you’re a single woman who wants to buy a house, the good news is the market is wide open for you. The stats from the Joint Center [...]

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 [...]

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.