• Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Business
  • Markets
  • Opinion
  • Resources
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
  • Login
No Result
View All Result
WallStreetPro
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Business
  • Markets
  • Opinion
  • Resources
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Business
  • Markets
  • Opinion
  • Resources
No Result
View All Result
WallStreetPro
No Result
View All Result
Home Markets

The Greatest Female Investor You’ve Never Heard Of

November 7, 2021
in Markets, Opinion
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
The Greatest Female Investor You’ve Never Heard Of
12
SHARES
195
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Even though a lot of things have changed over the last few decades, the investment industry still remains male-dominated world. Still, there are a number of successful women investors we can take inspiration from.

In this article, we are going to talk about one of the pioneers in the industry. A woman that broke the barriers in finance. We are going to talk about Geraldine Weiss.

In year 1966, Geraldine Weiss became the first female to start a career in investment advisory services. She was very successful in her job. She graduated in business and finance from the University of California, Berkeley.

However, Weiss found it difficult to find a good job in the field because most of the firms only hired women in secretarial roles. Even though Weiss had the experience and educational background, no one would hire her. She famously quoted: 

“It was a man’s world, and women need not apply.”

Geraldine Weiss

Tired of being rejected over and over again, in 1966, at the age of 40, she decided to start her own investment newsletter. In order to improve her chances of success, she began signing her newsletters as “G. Weiss” in order to avoid further discrimination.

One of her readers once sent her a letter which said:

“I can’t imagine myself ever taking investment advice from a woman. Unless you take your advice from a man”

Weiss investment philosophy was based around value-investing and dividend-oriented stock picking. Her strategy outperformed other newsletters at the time.

Weiss became known in the industry as the “blue chip stock guru”. She was also referred as the “Dividend Detector”. Weiss had a reputation of finding the best stocks that delivered great dividends. She was a true believer that dividends were the ultimate driver of investing because they are the clearest connector between the stock price and business performance.

Over the last 30 years, her investment newsletter recommendations have returned 11.2% per year. This is higher than the overall market which returned 9.8% over the same period. 

Tags: CareersinvestingMarketingStocksUnited States
Previous Post

Shib Inu Meme Coin Breaks Into Top 5 Crypto By Daily Trading Volume

Next Post

Managers at this large investment firm need permission to hire white men

Next Post
Managers at this large investment firm need permission to hire white men

Managers at this large investment firm need permission to hire white men

Discussion about this post

Recommended

Ray Dalio Bets $6.7 Billion Against These 21 European Stocks

Ray Dalio Bets $6.7 Billion Against These 21 European Stocks

8 months ago
5 Biggest Hedge Fund Casualties of WallStreetBets’ Short Squeezes in 2021

5 Biggest Hedge Fund Casualties of WallStreetBets’ Short Squeezes in 2021

1 year ago

Popular News

  • Two decades of Alzheimer’s research was based on deliberate fraud by 2 scientists that has cost billions of dollars and millions of lives

    Two decades of Alzheimer’s research was based on deliberate fraud by 2 scientists that has cost billions of dollars and millions of lives

    18012 shares
    Share 7202 Tweet 4502
  • Elon Musk is set to collect $23bn bonus as Tesla fires 10% of its staff. Is it fair?

    92 shares
    Share 37 Tweet 23
  • Cathie Wood expects Ethereum to increase 7,200% and hit a $20 trillion market cap by 2030

    24 shares
    Share 10 Tweet 6
  • You won the Lottery: What should you do next?

    33 shares
    Share 13 Tweet 8
  • ‘Pharma bro’, released from jail, is starting a web3 crypto company. Ponzi scheme?

    33 shares
    Share 13 Tweet 8
  • About
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Contact

© 2022 WallStreetPro - The premier page for finance and markets by WallStreetPro.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Business
  • Markets
  • Opinion
  • Resources

© 2022 WallStreetPro - The premier page for finance and markets by WallStreetPro.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In