Aussie women are more experienced at investing than men, says Superhero

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Share trading and superannuation platform, Superhero, says that women have been investing for a longer time than men.

A recent survey conducted by Superhero found that 26% of women and only 15% of men have been investing for over five years.

“It was very interesting to see that the majority of our long term investors (more than five years experience) were women,” says Superhero co-founder and chief executive officer, John Winters.

While most long term investors were women, Superhero found that men made up most of the new investors in the last six months. Also, 35% of new investors were 18 to 24-year-olds.

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“Investing as a concept has grown tremendously in popularity over the last year or so which was made clear by 35 per cent of respondents noting they’d only started investing in the last six months,” says Winters.

But why are so many people starting to invest?

Well, the research found that new investors wanted to grow their money for various reasons. About 14% were building nest eggs, 18% were diversifying their assets, 11% wanted to retire early and 7% were saving a house deposit. 

“2022 is shaping up to be a big year for investing. Our customers are looking to invest significantly and use the year to build their wealth – and they’re quickly realising that investing in shares is a smart way to grow wealth sustainably,” says Winters. 

Right now of the 30+ share trading platforms being tracked in Mozo’s database like Saxo Markets, Tiger Brokers, CommSec Pocket and the Mozo Experts Choice Award’s Sharing Trading Platform of the Year (Casual) winner Stake.

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