Consumerist
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investments
Single Men Trade Stocks Too Much
Nick Kapur at The Motley Fool says that men trade stocks more frequently than women. This is not a good thing; the result of all this hyperactivity and overconfidence is lower earnings on your investment. He writes, "Worse still (for unmarried guys like me) is that single men trade a whopping 67% more than single women, earning them annual net returns of 2.3% less! The authors cite increased trading costs, taxes, and a greater tendency to speculate as reasons for this underperformance."
"Attention, Single Men: Stop Trading So Much" [The Motley Fool]
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stereotypes
Are Female Diners Second-Class Citizens At Fancy Restaurants?
The New York Times has an article today about gender and dining-out. They interviewed Steve Dublanica, author of “Waiter Rant,” and he had some unpleasant things to say about how groups of female diners are treated at restaurants. More » -
discrimination
Do Coffee Shops Discriminate Against Women?
We'll make this brief so we can jump right into the heated comments: an economist and her research assistants studied eight different Boston coffee shops and found that, on average, women had to wait about 20 seconds longer to be served. She controlled for drink types and the discrepancy remained. What's more, "The delays facing women were larger when the coffee shop staff was all-male and almost vanished when the servers were all-female." More »
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