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Millennial Women Lean Into Investing: They Start Earlier, Invest Across More Asset Classes and Carry Greater Confidence Than Previous Generations
WESTLAKE, Texas, June 11, 2025--Millennial women are getting started with investing nearly a decade earlier than Boomer women, according to a new generational analysis of data from Charles Schwab’s 2025 Women Investors Survey. They are also investing in a broader and more complex range of asset classes, have greater confidence in their investment strategies, and are more likely to say they find investing fun and empowering than older generations.
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