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Blueprint for Success: Women Investors Strike a Disciplined Balance Between Patience and Risk
WESTLAKE, Texas, April 22, 2025--Women investors are taking a risk-savvy, patient approach to investing, and 90% feel they are on the right track to reach their financial goals, according to a new Charles Schwab survey of 1,200 American women investors who are primary or joint financial decisionmakers in their households.
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