In this personal episode, I recount an extraordinary evening at the Manhattan brownstone of iconic feminist and activist Gloria Steinem — the very home where Ms. Magazine was founded in the 1970s. The dinner was organized as part of the Milken Women's Financial Security Initiative, led by Cheryl Evans, and brought together 20 remarkable women from across the United States to discuss one of the most pressing issues of our time: women's financial security. To learn about Banking On Girls Mother Daughter Workshops: Mother-Daughter Financial Literacy Workshop

For the referenced Architectural Digest feature on Gloria Steinem's Brownstone: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/visiting-gloria-steinem-in-her-longtime-manhattan-brownstone

To celebrate Mother's Day, I surveyed six college women on the best financial advice their moms gave them, the worst financial advice they had received — and what they still wish they knew. The results are honest, eye-opening, and full of heart. This one is for every mom and daughter ready to take the next step together.

What We Cover

• Why budgeting and credit are the lessons moms teach the most often

• The $27.40/day compound interest rule every teenager needs to hear (David Bach, Mel Robbins Podcast)

• Why investing is the conversation most moms aren't having — and why it matters

• The "money comes and goes" mindset and why it can quietly cost young women their financial agency

• Small, confident first steps any young woman can take today

This Week's Challenge: Moms — start the investing conversation, even if you're still learning. Daughters — pick one thing and do it this week. One step is all it takes.

Learn more about Banking On Girls Mother Daughter Workshops: https://mom-daughter-workshop.lovable.app/

This podcast does not provide financial, tax, legal or investment advice. It is for educational purposes only.

Why Women Are Better Investors Than They Think — And The Data That Proves It | With Professor Saumitra Jha

Most of us have heard of the gender wage gap. But there's another gap that gets far less attention — the gender investing gap. And according to new research from Stanford, the fix might be simpler than anyone expected. In this episode, we sit down with Professor Saumitra Jha, Associate Professor of Political Economy at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Affairs. He joins us to share findings from his groundbreaking study published in The Economic Journal (January 2025), co-authored with Moses Shayo, which reveals that simply participating in stock trading — even in a study setting — measurably closes the gender confidence gap in finance.

WHAT WE COVER

— How the gender gap shows up in investing: lower participation, lower confidence, and less financial risk-taking — even among women with strong educational and career credentials.

— Why the confidence gap may matter more than the knowledge gap. Confidence, participation, and knowledge are mutually reinforcing — and breaking into any one of them can shift all three.

— The surprising findings from the study: women who participated in the trading experiment were more engaged, answered more factual questions correctly, and ended up with at least comparable — if not slightly better — investment returns than men.

— Why men in the study actually became more reserved in their self-assessments over time, while women grew in confidence.

— How women can take their first steps into investing: practical, low-pressure ways to build familiarity, knowledge, and confidence with markets.

Access Professor Jha's paper here: https://siepr.stanford.edu/publications/working-paper/trading-stocks-builds-financial-confidence-and-compresses-gender-gap

Learn more about Banking On Girls Mother-Daughter Workshops here: https://mom-daughter-workshop.lovable.app/

This podcast does not provide financial, tax, legal or investment advice. It is for educational purposes only.