Intelligent Fin.tech Issue 06 | Page 18

GAUGING THE MARKET

as the second country with the highest share of women is Great Britain . There they account for 14 % of total investors . The lowest percentage of women among investors is in the Czech Republic , France and Germany . These are the only markets where it is currently below 10 %.
This is how women ' s investments look like
Over the years , there have been many stereotypes about the presence of women in the financial markets . The facts , however , turn out to be quite different . Women and their investment choices do not differ significantly from what can be observed among men . Between 2020 – 2022 , women most often chose CFDs on world stock indices . In this case , two markets dominated – America and Germany .
Interesting conclusions can also be drawn by looking at the choices of women in the stock market . Over the last two years , women chose to invest in BigTechs . Suffice it to say that during this period , on the XTB platform , women willingly purchased shares of three American companies – Palantir Technologies , Tesla and Apple . This , however , does not mean that the ladies did not believe in local companies . Data from individual countries show that regional sentiment was strongly visible . In the discussed period , CCC was the most popular in Poland , CEZ in the Czech Republic , TechnipFMC in France and
International Consolidated Airlines Group in Spain .
How does a woman in the market differ from men ?
XTB data shows that a woman on the financial market is a user with a slightly different profile than a man . First of all , the ladies are a bit older . In their case , the average age is 37 , and for men , it is 35 . However , the biggest difference is in the way of investing .
In recent years , among men , investing has been done more often via mobile devices . However , it can be noticed that women are more traditionalists . As much as 59 % of transactions initiated by women were carried out via a desktop application .
“ Indeed , the disproportion in the use of devices for investment is large , but in my opinion , it is not surprising . I would indicate
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