Of the generations surveyed, Millennials are most confident about investing and started earliest: 63 % of
Millennial women say they began to care about money and investing in their 20s; however, only 28 % of Gen Xers and 16 % of Baby Boomers say they focused on financial decisions and investments in their 20s.
No wonder 60 % of
millennial women say they think the typical investor is an «old white man» (per the poll mentioned above)!
Not exact matches
Earlier that same day, Time Inc. (Fortune «s parent) announced that it was buying xoJane.com and xoVain.com, a pair of
millennial women - focused sites run by
Say Media Inc. and veteran mag editor Jane Pratt.
She also
says that
Millennials and Generation Xers, as a group, may have more appetite for entrepreneurship, and that those two groups are «a large part of the growing demographic for
women of color.»
In a 2012 study by Bentley University, 40 percent of 1,000
millennial women and 33 percent of
millennial men
said they were interested in working from home.
«The parents of the
Millennial generation grew up in a feminist world, whether they claimed the label or not,»
says Freedman «
Women brought in a substantial part of family income and aspirations for women's educations changed... Now I think this current generation could be a breakthrough generation for feminism.&r
Women brought in a substantial part of family income and aspirations for
women's educations changed... Now I think this current generation could be a breakthrough generation for feminism.&r
women's educations changed... Now I think this current generation could be a breakthrough generation for feminism.»
«Given the competition for top talent, employers must update their approach in order to engage and retain
millennials, especially among
women, who were found to carry a bigger burden of student loan debt,»
said Natalie Smith, a vice president at PadillaCRT, the communications agency that conducted the survey for ORC.
Millennials will eventually comprise 70 % of the U.S. workforce,
said Jacqueline Hinman, CEO of CH2M, speaking on a panel about the future of cities Tuesday at Fortune «s Most Powerful
Women summit in Washington D.C..
To that end, managers need to do a better job of helping young black
women navigate the workplace, «particularly the culture of unspoken expectations,»
says Tiffany Dufu, 43, author and chief leadership officer of Levo, a career site for
millennial women.
Denise Feriozzi, deputy executive director for Emily's List,
said that
millennial women are a «hugely powerful group of voters,» and that the ad campaigns are specifically targeted toward building long - term support through brands and outlets that they identify with.
Samantha Burns,
millennial love expert,
says that in a lot of cases,
women are looking for commitment while men are looking for one - night stands and short flings.
«My hope is that it'll allow
millennial women who want relationships to actually put a stake in the ground and
say «This is what I want, this is the type of treatment I want, and this is what I expect.»»
As a middle - aged white
woman, I have to
say two words to get
millennials over their fear of stocks: «Inflation Risk.»
American consumers
say they are having an easier time paying bills and are feeling much less stress over their financial situation than they were in 2009... unless they happen to be a
Millennial, a
woman, Hispanic, African - American, or less - than - college educated.
Half of Baby Boomer (50 %) and Generation X (48 %)
women investors
say their top priority outcome is to beat the stock market over time, while for 51 % of
Millennial women it's to grow their investments in line with the market.
«It was on their watch that the credit card industry exploded, enabling what someone has called the democratization of luxury,»
says Ann Fishman, author of «Marketing to the
Millennial Woman.»
One year ago, I started a lifestyle and travel blog with dreams of inspiring
millennial women to
say «yes» to more life opportunities while still being financially savvy.
«It's important that we foster diversity from both an inside and outside perspective because we want our agents and consumers to understand that we recognize the market from various vantage points, including minority - owned brokerages,
women - owned brokerages and the
millennial standpoint,» Blefari
says.
Among
Millennials, 79 % of
women vs. 75 % of men
say they would like to buy a home.