Meredith Jones - Women and Wall Street

Standard Deviations is pleased to welcome Meredith Jones, award-winning author of Women of the Street and an internationally recognized expert on women and investing. She was named one of Inc. magazine’s “17 Inspiring Women To Watch in 2017” and a Distinguished Author by the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2018. She has been a regular columnist for Institutional Investor and is a contributor for Market Watch. In this episode, Meredith tackles Wall Street's diversity problem while making the case for women as the ultimate behavioral investors. Listeners will leave with: A sense of the biopsychosocial roots of women's investment outperformance Insights into the "confidence gap" exhibited by female investors Concrete steps to increase diversity in financial services Learn more about Meredith: http://www.aboutmjones.com/about/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UR6WvCoNGQ Meredith's book: https://www.amazon.com/Women-Street-Managers-Generate-Returns/dp/1137462892/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1538396356&sr=8-1&keywords=women+of+the+street+jones